| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Animals Words and Their Categories | 第10-21页 |
| ·Animals | 第10-11页 |
| ·The relationship between human beings and animals | 第11-14页 |
| ·Levels of categorization of animal words | 第14-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Meanings of Animal Words | 第21-33页 |
| ·Word meaning | 第21-23页 |
| ·Classification of meaning | 第23-25页 |
| ·Conceptual meaning and cultural meaning of animal words | 第25-33页 |
| Chapter 3 Conceptual Metaphor HUMAN IS ANIMAL | 第33-48页 |
| ·Metaphor in rhetorics | 第33-38页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphorical Theory | 第38-41页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphor HUMAN IS AN34IMAL | 第41-48页 |
| Chapter 4 Meaning construction of Animal Words | 第48-69页 |
| ·Functions of metaphor | 第48-51页 |
| ·Metaphor as a mechanism for meaning construction | 第51-56页 |
| ·The lexicalization of animal words | 第56-65页 |
| ·Influences of culture on the lexicalization of animal words | 第65-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-73页 |
| Appendix | 第73-75页 |
