| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Research Background | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Objectives | 第10-11页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第13-25页 |
| ·Previous Research on Metaphor | 第13-16页 |
| ·Studies of Metaphor in the West | 第13-14页 |
| ·Studies of biyu in China | 第14-16页 |
| ·Metaphors in Cognitive Linguistics | 第16-19页 |
| ·The Experiential Basis of Metaphor | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Internal Structure of Metaphor | 第17-18页 |
| ·Spatial Metaphors and Image Schemas | 第18-19页 |
| ·Spatial Locality | 第19-22页 |
| ·The Concept of Spatial Locality | 第19-20页 |
| ·Studies of Spatial Locality in English and Chinese | 第20-21页 |
| ·Achievements and Limitations of the Previous Research | 第21-22页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework of the Thesis | 第22-25页 |
| ·A Cognitive-functional Approach | 第22-23页 |
| ·Related Important Terms | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Design | 第25-40页 |
| ·From Abstract Concepts to Concrete Realizations | 第25-26页 |
| ·Material Source and Selection | 第26-29页 |
| ·The Material from Dictionaries | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Material from Corpora | 第28-29页 |
| ·Sorting and Contrasting | 第29-30页 |
| ·Sorting | 第29页 |
| ·Contrasting | 第29-30页 |
| ·Building up a Database | 第30-40页 |
| ·The Dictionary-based Approach | 第30-35页 |
| ·The Corpus-based Approach | 第35-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Analysis | 第40-70页 |
| ·Metaphorical Extensions of Spatial Locality in English | 第40-52页 |
| ·The Image-schema of UP-DOWN | 第40-44页 |
| ·The Image-schema of FRONT-BACK | 第44-48页 |
| ·The IN-OUT Image-schema | 第48-52页 |
| ·Metaphorical Extensions of Spatial Locality in Chinese | 第52-62页 |
| ·SHANG and XIA in the Dictionaries and Corpora | 第52-56页 |
| ·QIAN and HOU in the Dictionaries and Corpora | 第56-60页 |
| ·LI and WAI in the Dictionaries and Corpora | 第60-62页 |
| ·Comparison between English and Chinese Spatial Metaphorical Extensions | 第62-70页 |
| ·Scopes of Metaphorical Extensions of Spatial Locality | 第63-65页 |
| ·Features of Linguistic Expressions of Metaphorical Extensions | 第65-66页 |
| ·Differences between Records in Dictionaries and Those in Corpora | 第66-67页 |
| ·Reasons for the Similarities and Differences | 第67-70页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第70-73页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第70-72页 |
| ·Implications | 第72页 |
| ·Limitations | 第72-73页 |
| 参考文献 | 第73-77页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第77页 |
