| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-20页 |
| 1.1 Research Motivations | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Research Objectives and Research Questions | 第13-15页 |
| 1.3 Methodology and Data Collection | 第15-16页 |
| 1.4 Significance of This Study | 第16-17页 |
| 1.5 Layout of This Thesis | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第20-28页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies of Metaphor | 第20-25页 |
| 2.1.1 Rhetorical Perspective | 第20-21页 |
| 2.1.2 Semantic Perspective | 第21-22页 |
| 2.1.3 Pragmatic Perspective | 第22-23页 |
| 2.1.4 Cognitive Perspective | 第23-25页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies of Chinese and English Metaphorical Expressions From the Perspective of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第25-27页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第28-44页 |
| 3.1 Introduction | 第28-31页 |
| 3.1.1 The Proposing of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第28-29页 |
| 3.1.2 The Definition of Conceptual Metaphor | 第29-30页 |
| 3.1.3 Experientialism | 第30-31页 |
| 3.2 Working Frame of Conceptual Metaphor | 第31-42页 |
| 3.2.1 Experiential Bases of Conceptual Metaphor | 第31-36页 |
| 3.2.2 Cross-domain Mappings of Conceptual Metaphor | 第36-41页 |
| 3.2.3 Experiences and Cross-domain Mappings | 第41-42页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Four A Study of Chinese and English Expressions of Learning From thePerspective of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第44-80页 |
| 4.1 Same Conceptual Metaphor of Learning in Chinese and English | 第45-62页 |
| 4.1.1 LEARNING KNOWLEDGE IS EATING FOOD | 第45-52页 |
| 4.1.2 LEARNING IS GETTING | 第52-56页 |
| 4.1.3 LEARNING IS RACING | 第56-59页 |
| 4.1.4 LEARNING IS LISTENING | 第59-62页 |
| 4.2 Semi-same Conceptual Metaphor of Learning in Chinese and English | 第62-75页 |
| 4.2.1 LEARNING IS TRAVELING | 第63-70页 |
| 4.2.2 LEARNING IS BUILDING | 第70-75页 |
| 4.3 Conceptual Metaphor of Learning Only Used in Chinese | 第75-78页 |
| 4.3.1 HUMAN LEARNING IS PLANT GROWING | 第76-78页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第78-80页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第80-84页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第80-82页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第82-84页 |
| Bibliography | 第84-88页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间已发表的论文 | 第88-89页 |
