| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-19页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Present Study | 第15-17页 |
| ·Key Research Orientation | 第17页 |
| ·Approaches of the Present Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Contents of the Remaining Chapters | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第19-28页 |
| ·Two Linguistic Views on Idioms | 第19-21页 |
| ·Traditional Non-compositional View on Idioms | 第19-20页 |
| ·Compositional View on Idioms | 第20-21页 |
| ·Studies on L2 Idiom Teaching and Learning | 第21-23页 |
| ·Studies on L2 Idiom Teaching and Non-compositional View | 第21-22页 |
| ·Studies on L2 Idiom Teaching and Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第22-23页 |
| ·Studies on L2 Idiom Processing Strategies | 第23-24页 |
| ·Modes of Idiom Presentation and L2 Idiom Learning | 第24-25页 |
| ·Classification of Idioms | 第25-26页 |
| ·Technique Used for Uncovering the Mental Processes | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundations of the Present Study | 第28-41页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第28-35页 |
| ·Experientialism: Philosophical Basis of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第28-29页 |
| ·Exposition of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第29-31页 |
| ·Classification of Conceptual Metaphors | 第31-34页 |
| ·Systematicity of Conceptual Metaphors | 第34-35页 |
| ·Motivation for the Meaning of Idioms | 第35-38页 |
| ·The Meaning of Idioms Motivated by Conceptual Metaphor and Image Schema | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Meaning of Idioms Motivated by Metonymy | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Meaning of Idioms Motivated by Conventional Knowledge | 第37-38页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor and English Idiom Teaching | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter 4 Methodology | 第41-53页 |
| ·Introduction | 第41页 |
| ·Purpose of the Experiment | 第41页 |
| ·Variables in the Present Study | 第41-42页 |
| ·Participants | 第42-43页 |
| ·Materials | 第43页 |
| ·Instruments | 第43-47页 |
| ·Three Test Papers | 第43-46页 |
| ·Two Questionnaires | 第46-47页 |
| ·Procedures | 第47-53页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第47-48页 |
| ·Data Transcription and Analysis | 第48-50页 |
| ·Idiom Instruction | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter 5 Results of the Present Study | 第53-62页 |
| ·Introduction | 第53页 |
| ·Hypothesis 1 | 第53-55页 |
| ·Results of the Pretest and Post-test for Both Groups | 第53-54页 |
| ·Results of the Two Groups in the Pretest and Post-test | 第54-55页 |
| ·Hypothesis 2 | 第55-57页 |
| ·Hypothesis 3 | 第57页 |
| ·Hypothesis 4 | 第57-59页 |
| ·Results of the Questionnaires | 第59-62页 |
| Chapter 6 Discussion of the Results | 第62-66页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Present Study | 第62页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Approach as an Effective Way of Teaching English Idioms | 第62-63页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor as a Processing Strategy | 第63-64页 |
| ·Context Facilitating English Idiom Learning | 第64页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphors and Images Motivating English Idioms | 第64-65页 |
| ·General Discussion on Subjects’Opinions Reflected from Questionnaires | 第65-66页 |
| Conclusions, Implications and Suggestions | 第66-69页 |
| References | 第69-73页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第73-74页 |
| Appendix A List of Idioms and their Motivating Conceptual Metaphors in the Research | 第74-79页 |
| Appendix B Questionnaire before the Pretest | 第79-81页 |
| Appendix C Pretest Paper | 第81-84页 |
| Appendix D Post-test Paper | 第84-87页 |
| Appendix E Questionnaire after the Post-test | 第87-89页 |
| Appendix F Classroom -test Paper | 第89-90页 |
| Appendix G Frequency Table of the First Two Statements in the First Questionnaire | 第90-91页 |
| Appendix H 详细中文摘要 | 第91-93页 |
