| Abstract | 第1-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第10-16页 |
| ·Review of Metaphor Studies in American Presidential Inaugural Addresses | 第10-12页 |
| ·Studies Abroad | 第10-11页 |
| ·Studies at Home | 第11-12页 |
| ·Previous Studies on American Presidential Inaugural Addresses | 第12-16页 |
| ·General Studies of American Presidential Inaugural Addresses | 第12-13页 |
| ·General Features of US Presidential Inaugural Addesses | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of Presidential Inaugural Addresses | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第16-26页 |
| ·Origin of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第16-17页 |
| ·Definition of Conceptual Metaphor | 第17-18页 |
| ·Work Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor | 第18-20页 |
| ·Metaphorical Mapping | 第18-19页 |
| ·Image Schema | 第19-20页 |
| ·Essence of Conceptual Metaphor | 第20-22页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor as the Cognitive Outcome of Human Being | 第20页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor as a Way of Thinking | 第20-21页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor in Different Contexts | 第21-22页 |
| ·Features of Conceptual Metaphor | 第22-23页 |
| ·Systematicness of Conceptual Metaphor | 第22页 |
| ·Coherence of Conceptual Metaphor | 第22-23页 |
| ·Embodiment of Conceptual Metaphor | 第23页 |
| ·The Recipient of Rhetoric | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Three The Recipient of Conceptual Metaphor in American Presidential Inaugura Addresses | 第26-51页 |
| ·Conflict Metaphors | 第26-29页 |
| ·The Meaning of Conflict Metaphors | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Recipient of Conflict Metaphors | 第27-29页 |
| ·Journey Metaphors | 第29-33页 |
| ·The Meaning of Journey Metaphors | 第29页 |
| ·The Recipient of Journey Metaphors | 第29-33页 |
| ·Building Metaphors | 第33-37页 |
| ·The Meaning of Building Metaphors | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Recipient of Building Metaphors | 第34-37页 |
| ·Light and Fire Metaphors | 第37-40页 |
| ·The Meaning of Light and Fire Metaphors | 第37页 |
| ·The Recipient of Light and Fire Metaphors | 第37-40页 |
| ·Human Metaphors | 第40-44页 |
| ·The Meaning of Human Metaphors | 第41页 |
| ·The Recipient of Human Metaphors | 第41-44页 |
| ·Religious Metaphors | 第44-48页 |
| ·The Meaning of Religious Metaphors | 第44-45页 |
| ·The Recipient of Religious Metaphors | 第45-48页 |
| ·Illness Metaphors | 第48-51页 |
| ·The Meaning of Illness Metaphors | 第48页 |
| ·The Recipient of Illness Metaphors | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Four Findings | 第51-55页 |
| ·Religious Factors | 第51-52页 |
| ·Historical Factors | 第52页 |
| ·Political (Democracy and Human Rights) Factors | 第52-54页 |
| ·Democratic Factors | 第53页 |
| ·Factors of Human Rights | 第53-54页 |
| ·Economic Factors | 第54-55页 |
| Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61-62页 |
| 作者简介 | 第62页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间研究成果 | 第62-63页 |
