| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第8-10页 |
| LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES | 第10-11页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第11-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第12-15页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第15-27页 |
| ·HISTORY OF METAPHOR STUDY: FOUR INFLUENTIAL VIEWS | 第15-23页 |
| ·The Aristotelian School: The Substitution View | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Platonic School: The Comparison View | 第17页 |
| ·Richards & Black: The Interaction View | 第17-18页 |
| ·Lakoff & Johnson: The Cognitive View | 第18-23页 |
| ·STUDY ON CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR TODAY | 第23-25页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor and Metaphorical Concept | 第23-25页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor in Education and Language Learning | 第25页 |
| ·METAPHOR STUDY IN CHINA AND MOTIVATION OF THE THESIS | 第25-27页 |
| CHAPTER THREE MAPPING AS PERCEIVED IN BLENDING THEORY | 第27-36页 |
| ·MAPPING: THE COGNITIVE MECHANISM OF METAPHORICAL CONCEPTS | 第27-28页 |
| ·MAPPING: THE KEY TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW MEANING | 第28-36页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR FUNCTIONS OF ILLUSTRATION AND ILLUMINATION. | 第36-44页 |
| ·FROM THE CONCRETE TO THE ABSTRACT | 第36-41页 |
| ·FROM THE SIMPLE TO THE COMPLICATED | 第41-42页 |
| ·FROM THE FAMILIAR TO THE UNFAMILIAR | 第42-44页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE FUNCTIONS OF INDUCTION AND DEDUCTION | 第44-57页 |
| ·SYSTEMATICITY OF MC | 第44-48页 |
| ·Internal Systematicity | 第44-46页 |
| ·External Systematicity | 第46-48页 |
| ·DEDUCTION: FROM MC TO ME | 第48-53页 |
| ·INDUCTION: FROM ME TO MC | 第53-56页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第56-57页 |
| CHAPTER SIX FUNCTION IN DIFFERENTIATION OF SYNONYMOUS STRUCTURES | 第57-63页 |
| ·FORM AND MEANING | 第57页 |
| ·TRANSFERRED NEGATION: CHANGE OF MEANING | 第57-59页 |
| ·CIRCUMLOCUTION: SOFTENING OF MOOD | 第59-61页 |
| ·TAUTOLOGY: EMPHASIS OF MEANING | 第61-62页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第62-63页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第63-66页 |
| REFERENCES | 第66-69页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表文章 | 第69页 |
