| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-14页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Research | 第12页 |
| 1.2 Purpose of the Research | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Layout of the paper | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-19页 |
| 2.1 Studies of spatial words from semantic perspective | 第14-15页 |
| 2.2 Study of spatial words from cognitive perspective | 第15-19页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical framework | 第19-25页 |
| 3.1 Image Schema | 第19-21页 |
| 3.2 Trajector- landmark Theory | 第21-22页 |
| 3.3 Metaphorical Mapping | 第22-23页 |
| 3.4 Linguistic Markedness | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第25-29页 |
| 4.1 Research question | 第25-26页 |
| 4.2 Data Collection | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Five Symmetry and Asymmetry of Nei/Wai and In/Out | 第29-48页 |
| 5.1 Semantic Symmetry of In and Out | 第29-32页 |
| 5.1.1 Symmetry of In and Out in Spatial meaning | 第29-31页 |
| 5.1.2 Symmetry of In and Out in Metaphorical domain of State | 第31-32页 |
| 5.2 Semantic Asymmetry of In and Out | 第32-39页 |
| 5.2.1 The Domain of Scope | 第33-36页 |
| 5.2.2 The Domain of Time | 第36-37页 |
| 5.2.3 The Domain of Manner | 第37-38页 |
| 5.2.4 The Domain of logical relationship | 第38-39页 |
| 5.2.5 The domain of aspect | 第39页 |
| 5.3 Semantic Symmetry of Nei and Wai | 第39-44页 |
| 5.3.1 Semantic Symmetry of Nei and Wai in Spatial Meaning | 第40-42页 |
| 5.3.2 Symmetry of Nei and Wai in Metaphorical Meaning | 第42-44页 |
| 5.4 Semantic Asymmetry of Nei and Wai | 第44-46页 |
| 5.4.1 Time | 第44-45页 |
| 5.4.2 Social relationship | 第45-46页 |
| 5.5 Comparison of Nei/Wai and In/Out | 第46-48页 |
| 5.5.1 Symmetry and asymmetry of Nei/Wai and In/Out | 第46页 |
| 5.5.2 The reason for similarities and differences | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Six Comparison of Chinese and English Spatial Antonym | 第48-56页 |
| 6.1 Spatial and Metaphorical Meaning of Nei/wai and In/out | 第48-52页 |
| 6.1.1 Spatial Meaning of Nei/wai | 第48页 |
| 6.1.2 Metaphorical Meaning of Nei/wai | 第48-50页 |
| 6.1.3 Spatial meaning of In/out | 第50页 |
| 6.1.4 Metaphorical meaning of In/out | 第50-52页 |
| 6.2 Comparison of Domains Conveyed by Spatial Antonym and its Components | 第52-53页 |
| 6.2.1 Comparison of Domains conveyed by Nei/wai,Nei and Wai | 第52-53页 |
| 6.2.2 Comparison of domains conveyed by In /out, In and Out | 第53页 |
| 6.3 Comparison of English and Chinese Spatial Antonym | 第53-56页 |
| 6.3.1 Comparison of Semantic Feature of In/out and Nei/wai | 第53-54页 |
| 6.3.2 Reason for Similarities and Differences | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| 7.1 Major Findings | 第56-57页 |
| 7.2 Limitation of the thesis | 第57-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-60页 |
