| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| Chapter One The Preferential Interpretation of Mapping in the Conceptual Metaphor | 第16-22页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Conceptual Metaphor | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Phenomenon of Preferential Interpretation of Cross-Domain Mapping | 第17-20页 |
| ·The Possibility of Prototype-Based Study of Preferential Interpretation | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two Category and Prototype Theory | 第22-32页 |
| ·Historical Views on the Study of Category | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Classical Theory of Categories | 第22页 |
| ·Wittgenstein's Theory of Family Resemblance | 第22-23页 |
| ·Rosch's Prototype Theory | 第23页 |
| ·Prototype | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Typical Representative of a Category | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Abstract Schematic Representation of a Category | 第25页 |
| ·The Features of Prototype Model of Category Structure | 第25-32页 |
| ·Family Resemblance | 第26页 |
| ·Graded Status of Members of a Category | 第26-27页 |
| ·Fuzziness of Category Boundary | 第27-29页 |
| ·Levels of Categories | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Three Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第32-44页 |
| ·The Definition of Conceptual Metaphor | 第32-34页 |
| ·Features of Conceptual Metaphor | 第34-37页 |
| ·Systematicity | 第34-35页 |
| ·Correlation with Everyday Life Experience | 第35-36页 |
| ·Cultural Coherence | 第36-37页 |
| ·Classification of Conceptual Metaphor | 第37-39页 |
| ·Structure Metaphors | 第37页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphors | 第37-38页 |
| ·Ontological Metaphors | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Working Mechanisms of Conceptual Metaphor | 第39-44页 |
| ·Partial Nature | 第39-40页 |
| ·Asymmetry and Entailment of the Mapping | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Invariance Principle | 第41-44页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of Preferential Interpretation of Metaphorical Mapping in Terms of Prototype Theory | 第44-54页 |
| ·Domains as Categories | 第44-45页 |
| ·The Construal of Preferential Interpretation of Metaphorical Mapping in Terms of Prototype Theory | 第45-48页 |
| ·The Dynamic Construal of Preferential Interpretation of Metaphorical Mapping in Terms of Prototype Theory | 第48-54页 |
| ·Preferential Interpretation of the Mapping in Terms of Individual Cognitive Capacities | 第48-49页 |
| ·Preferential Interpretation of the Mapping in Terms of Nature of Reality | 第49-50页 |
| ·Preferential Interpretation of the Mapping in Terms of Convention | 第50-51页 |
| ·Preferential Interpretation of the Mapping in Terms of Contexts | 第51-52页 |
| ·Preferential Interpretation of the Mapping in Terms of Cultural Backgrounds | 第52-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-62页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第62-63页 |
