| 中文摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| Abbreviations | 第6-7页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Motives and Objectives of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Outiline of the Study | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-33页 |
| ·The Study of the Concept of GUO JIA at Home and Abroad | 第15-18页 |
| ·The Study of Metaphor | 第18-22页 |
| ·Traditional Metaphor Research | 第18-20页 |
| ·Contemporary Metaphor Research | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Study of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第22-27页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Significance of Conceptual Metaphor | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Study of the Conceptual Metaphor of GUO JIA | 第27-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第33-39页 |
| ·Research Design | 第33-34页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第34-36页 |
| ·Data Processing | 第36-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter 4 A Contrastive Analysis of the Conceptual Metaphor of GUO JIA in Chinese and SNC in American English | 第39-75页 |
| ·The Conceptual Metaphors in Chinese and American English | 第39-66页 |
| ·The Conceptual Metaphors in Chinese | 第39-56页 |
| ·GUO JIA AS HUMAN BEINGS | 第40-45页 |
| ·GUO JIA AS ANIMALS | 第45-47页 |
| ·GUO JIA AS PLANTS | 第47-48页 |
| ·GUO JIA AS CONTAINERS | 第48-49页 |
| ·GUO JIA AS BUILDINGS | 第49-51页 |
| ·GUO JIA AS MACHINES | 第51-53页 |
| ·GUO JIA AS NATURAL FORCE | 第53-54页 |
| ·The Summary of the Analysis of Chinese Data | 第54-56页 |
| ·The Conceptual Metaphors in American English | 第56-66页 |
| ·SNC AS HUMAN BEINGS | 第57-60页 |
| ·SNC AS PLANTS | 第60页 |
| ·SNC AS BUILDING | 第60-61页 |
| ·SNC AS MACHINE | 第61-63页 |
| ·SNC AS BUSINESS FIRM | 第63-64页 |
| ·The Summary of theAnalysis of American Data | 第64-66页 |
| ·The Contrastive Analysis of the Conceptual Metaphors in the Data | 第66-71页 |
| ·The Similarities of the Conceptual Metaphors in the Data | 第67-69页 |
| ·The Differences of the Conceptual Metaphors in the Data | 第69-71页 |
| ·Similar Conceptual Metaphors with Different Focuses | 第69-70页 |
| ·Cultural-specific Conceptual Metaphors | 第70-71页 |
| ·The Summary ofthe Contrastive Analysis | 第71页 |
| ·The Functions of the Conceptual Metaphors in the Data | 第71-73页 |
| ·The Cognitive Function | 第72页 |
| ·The Social-political Function | 第72-73页 |
| ·Summary | 第73-75页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第75-77页 |
| ·The Summary of the Thesis | 第75页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第75-76页 |
| ·Limitations | 第76页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Researches | 第76-77页 |
| Bibliography | 第77-81页 |
| Publications during the Postgraduate Program | 第81-82页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第82-83页 |
