| Ackowlegements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7页 |
| Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ An overall description of the influences of world animals on languages | 第10-12页 |
| 1.1 The influences of the special animals in one country on its language | 第10页 |
| 1.2 The influences of Chinese hu and British lion on their respective languages | 第10-11页 |
| 1.3 The meaning relationship between Chinese "hu" idioms and English "lion" idioms | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ A literature review on Chinese "hu" and English "lion" idioms and the significance of this study | 第12-15页 |
| 2.1 Literature review | 第12-13页 |
| 2.2 Study method of this dissertation | 第13页 |
| 2.3 Significance | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Similarities of the meaning extensions between Chinese "hu" idioms and English "lion" idioms | 第15-28页 |
| 3.1 A brief introduction to cognitive science and cognitive semantics | 第15-16页 |
| 3.2 Metonymic and metaphorical mappings | 第16-28页 |
| 3.2.1 "hu" or "lion" →things or persons of secrecy | 第19-20页 |
| 3.2.2 "hu" or "lion" →the large, strong and powerful | 第20-21页 |
| 3.2.3 "hu" or "lion" →the brave | 第21-22页 |
| 3.2.4 "hu" or "lion" →danger, venture | 第22-24页 |
| 3.2.5 "hu" or "lion" →the cruel and vicious | 第24-25页 |
| 3.2.6 "hu" or "lion" →the remarkable things or person | 第25-26页 |
| 3.2.7 "hu" or "lion" →the things with an appearance like hu and lions | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Reasons for the similarities between Chinese "hu" idioms and English "lion" idioms | 第28-35页 |
| 4.1 Profile and frame theory | 第28-29页 |
| 4.2 Lion and hu as a frame and common features between lions and hu as profiles to form the above mappings | 第29-35页 |
| 4.2.1 Features about lions and hu | 第30-31页 |
| 4.2.2 Conceptual integration of British lion and Chinese hu | 第31-33页 |
| 4.2.3 The accurate formation process of the above metonymic mappings | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Meaning differences between "hu" and "lion" idioms | 第35-36页 |
| 5.1 Differences in their affective meaning | 第35页 |
| 5.2 Chinese preference to "hu" while English preference to "lion" to express the same ideas | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ The cognitive reasons for the differences between "hu" idioms and "lion" idioms | 第36-43页 |
| 6.1 Cultural model and cognitive model | 第36-38页 |
| 6.2 The reasons for the differences between "hu" idioms and "lion" idioms | 第38-41页 |
| 6.2.1 The geographical aspect | 第38页 |
| 6.2.2 The historical aspect | 第38-39页 |
| 6.2.3 The customary aspect | 第39-40页 |
| 6.2.4 Hu in the minds of the western people and lions in the minds of the Chinese people | 第40-41页 |
| 6.3 The relation between "马虎 (careless)" and Chinese "hu" | 第41-43页 |
| Conclusion | 第43-45页 |
| Bibliography | 第45-46页 |
