| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| Chapter One Historical Views on the Studies of Metaphor | 第16-26页 |
| ·Traditional Aristotelian View | 第16-18页 |
| ·Traditional-cognitive Transitional View | 第18-20页 |
| ·Contemporary Cognitive View | 第20-26页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第26-42页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第26-35页 |
| ·Some Main Tenets of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第27-30页 |
| ·Universality of Experience:Classification of Conceptual Metaphor | 第30-33页 |
| ·Features of Conceptual Metaphor | 第33-35页 |
| ·Event-domain Cognitive Model | 第35-40页 |
| ·The Capability and Feasibility of ECM in the Study of CMT | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Three An ECM-based Study of Conceptual Metaphor | 第42-85页 |
| ·An ECM-based Study of the Source of Source Domain of Conceptual Metaphor | 第42-49页 |
| ·An ECM-based Study of Conceptual Metaphor Construction | 第49-75页 |
| ·The General Idea of the ECM-based Study of the ConceptualMetaphor Construction | 第50-51页 |
| ·The EVENT-domain Field of the ECM-based Study of Conceptual Metaphor Construction | 第51-53页 |
| ·The Metaphorical Field of the ECM-based Study of Conceptual Metaphor Construction | 第53-54页 |
| ·The Metaphorical Context of the ECM-based Study of Conceptual Metaphor Construction | 第54-55页 |
| ·The Cognitive Perception and Psychological Hypothesis of the ECM-based Study of Conceptual Metaphor Construction | 第55-56页 |
| ·The Partial Nature and Cognitive Salience of the ECM-based Study of Conceptual Metaphor Construction | 第56-58页 |
| ·The Selective Relationship Between the Source EVENT-domainand the Target Domain of the ECM-based Study of ConceptualMetaphor Construction | 第58-60页 |
| ·The Inter-metaphor of the ECM-based Study of Conceptual Metaphor Construction | 第60-61页 |
| ·The Similarity of the ECM-based Study of Conceptual Metaphor Construction | 第61-63页 |
| ·The Target Domain of the ECM-based Study of Conceptual Metaphor Construction | 第63-64页 |
| ·The Specific ECM-based Study of the Construction ofConceptual Metaphor: Take ARGUMENT IS WAR as Example | 第64-73页 |
| ·The Hierarchical Nature and Specificity of the ECM-based Study of Conceptual Metaphor Construction | 第73-75页 |
| ·Universality of ECM:A Reclassification of Conceptual Metaphor | 第75-77页 |
| ·EVENT Metaphors We Live By:Some Further Examples | 第77-82页 |
| ·The Significance of the ECM-based Study of Conceptual Metaphor | 第82-85页 |
| Conclusion | 第85-88页 |
| Bibliography | 第88-92页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第92-93页 |