| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第11-16页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第16-31页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第16-24页 |
| ·Studies on euphemisms: past and present | 第16-20页 |
| ·Studies on “disease and disability”euphemisms | 第20-21页 |
| ·Comparative studies on euphemisms in English and Chinese | 第21-24页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework | 第24-31页 |
| ·The cognitive nature of metaphor | 第24-26页 |
| ·Working mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor | 第26-27页 |
| ·The experiential basis of Conceptual Metaphor | 第27-28页 |
| ·The systematicity of Conceptual Metaphor | 第28-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL EXPLORATION INTO EUPHEMISM AND CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR | 第31-37页 |
| ·Lexicalization and Euphemisms | 第31-32页 |
| ·Function of Conceptual Metaphor in Euphemistic Use | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Application of Conceptual Metaphor in Euphemisms | 第33-37页 |
| ·The systematicity of metaphorical concepts | 第34页 |
| ·The effect of systematicity: highlighting and hiding | 第34-35页 |
| ·Theoretical application in euphemism | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Four A CASE-BASED COMPARATIVE STUDY OF “DISEASE AND DISABILITY”EUPHEMISMS IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE | 第37-52页 |
| ·A Case-Based Comparative Study | 第37-44页 |
| ·Case collection | 第37-39页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor for “disease and disability”euphemisms in English | 第39-42页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor for “disease and disability”euphemisms in Chinese | 第42-44页 |
| ·The cognitive basis of euphemisms for “disease and disability” | 第44页 |
| ·A Comparative Analysis | 第44-46页 |
| ·Similarities | 第45页 |
| ·Differences | 第45-46页 |
| ·Analyzing the Results of the Study | 第46-50页 |
| ·Experientialism | 第46-48页 |
| ·Culture | 第48-50页 |
| ·Summary | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第52-54页 |
| References | 第54-58页 |
