| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 论文摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第8-11页 |
| INDEX FOR TABLES AND FIGURES | 第11-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第12-15页 |
| ·Aim of the Research | 第12页 |
| ·Research Design | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Structure of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| CHAPTER TWO A REVIEW OF RELEVANT LITERATURE | 第15-24页 |
| ·Different Theories of Metaphor | 第15-20页 |
| ·The Rhetorical View on Metaphor | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Semantic View on Metaphor | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Pragmatic View on Metaphor | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Cognitive View on Metaphor | 第18-20页 |
| ·Previous Studies Illuminating the Current Study | 第20-21页 |
| ·Relevant Philosophical and Religious Views of Life and Death | 第21-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-24页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND EMPIRICAL BASIS | 第24-35页 |
| ·Introduction | 第24页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework | 第24-29页 |
| ·A Holistic View of the Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第24-26页 |
| ·Concepts and Theories Involved | 第26-29页 |
| ·Empirical Basis | 第29-34页 |
| ·A Questionnaire about Conceptual Metaphors of Life and Death | 第29-30页 |
| ·Data Collection from Linguistic Materials | 第30-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-35页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR METAPHORICAL SAYINGS OF LIFE AND DEATH IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH: A COGNITIVE ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON | 第35-85页 |
| ·LIFE IS A JOURNEY & LIFE IS BEING PRESENT HERE | 第35-56页 |
| ·The Starting Point & the Arrival | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Journey & the State of Being Present Here | 第37-51页 |
| ·The Ending Point & the Departure: Conceptual Metaphors of Death under the metaphor "LIFE IS A JOURNEY”and the metaphor “LIFE IS BEING PRESENT HERE” | 第51-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-56页 |
| ·LIFETIME IS A DAY / YEAR | 第56-64页 |
| ·Metaphorical Sayings of Life under the metaphor “LIFETIME IS A DAY / YEAR” | 第57-62页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphors of Death under the metaphor “LIFETIME IS A DAY / YEAR” | 第62-64页 |
| ·Summary | 第64页 |
| ·LIFE IS PLANT | 第64-74页 |
| ·Metaphorical Sayings of Life under the metaphor “LIFE IS PLANT” | 第64-73页 |
| ·Metaphorical Sayings of Death under the metaphor “LIFE IS PLANT” | 第73-74页 |
| ·LIFE IS A PLAY | 第74-77页 |
| ·Objectification of Life and Conceptual Metaphors of Death Derived from Personification | 第77-81页 |
| ·Objectification of Life | 第77-79页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphors of Death Derived from Personification | 第79-81页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphors in Euphemisms of Death | 第81-84页 |
| ·Similarity between English and Chinese Euphemisms of Death | 第81-82页 |
| ·Discrepancy between English and Chinese Euphemisms of Death | 第82-84页 |
| ·Summary | 第84-85页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE A GENERAL DISCUSSION AND COGNITIVE EXTENSION | 第85-101页 |
| ·A General Discussion of the Similarities and Differences | 第85-97页 |
| ·Relation between Conceptual Metaphors of Life and Death and the Event Structure Metaphor | 第97-99页 |
| ·Extension Based on the Great Chain of Being | 第99-100页 |
| ·Summary | 第100-101页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第101-114页 |
| ·Findings of the Thesis | 第101-109页 |
| ·Implications of the Thesis | 第109-112页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further studies | 第112-114页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第114-119页 |
| APPENDIX FOR EXAMPLES | 第119-133页 |
| 攻读学位期间主要科研成果目录 | 第133页 |
