| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| abstract | 第6页 |
| Chapterl Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 Purpose of the Research | 第11-12页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literture Review | 第14-32页 |
| 2.1 Metaphor Theory | 第14-15页 |
| 2.2 The Previous Study of Metaphor | 第15-19页 |
| 2.3 The Cognitive View of Metaphor | 第19-32页 |
| 2.3.1 Definition of Conceptual Metaphor | 第19-27页 |
| 2.3.2 Classification of Conceptual Metaphor | 第27-32页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第32-35页 |
| 3.1 Data Collection | 第32-33页 |
| 3.2 Research Methods | 第33页 |
| 3.3 Research Procedure | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Analysis | 第35-76页 |
| 4.1 Classification of Conceptual Metaphors in the Data | 第35-38页 |
| 4.2 WAR Metaphor | 第38-49页 |
| 4.2.1 Elements in the Sports are Elements in a War | 第42-45页 |
| 4.2.2 Measures in the Sports are Military Actious in a War | 第45-47页 |
| 4.2.3 The Result of Sports Competition in the Result of a War | 第47-48页 |
| 4.2.4 Summary of WAR Metaphor | 第48-49页 |
| 4.3 DRAMA Metaphor | 第49-53页 |
| 4.3.1. The Analysis of DRAMA Metaphor | 第50-52页 |
| 4.3.2 The Summary of DRAMA Metaphor | 第52-53页 |
| 4.4 JOURNEY Metaphor | 第53-58页 |
| 4.4.1 The Sports Activities are Departure in a Journey | 第54-55页 |
| 4.4.2 The Sports Activities are Process in a Journey | 第55-56页 |
| 4.4.3 The Sports Activities are Destination in a Journey | 第56-57页 |
| 4.4.4 Summary of JOURNEY Metaphor | 第57-58页 |
| 4.5 NATURE SCENERY Metaphor | 第58-63页 |
| 4.5.1 The Sports Activities are NATURAL Phenomenon | 第60-62页 |
| 4.5.2 The Sports Activities are NATURAL Weather & Season | 第62-63页 |
| 4.5.3 The Summary of NATURAL SCENERY Metaphor | 第63页 |
| 4.6 ANIMAL Metaphor | 第63-66页 |
| 4.6.1 The Sports Activities are Animal Species | 第64-65页 |
| 4.6.2 The Summary of Animal Metaphor | 第65-66页 |
| 4.7 HUMAN Metaphor | 第66-70页 |
| 4.7.1 The State of the Sports Competition is the Human Idiosyncrasy | 第67-68页 |
| 4.7.2 The State of the Sports Competition is the Human Feature | 第68-69页 |
| 4.7.3 Summary of HUMAN Metaphor | 第69-70页 |
| 4.8 PLANT Metaphor | 第70-73页 |
| 4.8.1 The Sports Activities are Floristic Metaphors | 第71-72页 |
| 4.8.2 The Sports Activities are Plant Features Metaphors | 第72-73页 |
| 4.8.3 The Summary of Plant Metaphor | 第73页 |
| 4.9 DREAM Metaphor | 第73-76页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 第76-79页 |
| 5.1 The Major Findings of the study | 第76-77页 |
| 5.2 Implications of the Research | 第77页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions | 第77-79页 |
| References | 第79-82页 |
| Appendices | 第82-86页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第86-87页 |
| Resume | 第87页 |
