| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| 前言 | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| ·Motivation and purpose of the research | 第13-15页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-24页 |
| ·Defining Proverbs | 第16-18页 |
| ·Approaches abroad | 第18-19页 |
| ·Approaches at home | 第19-21页 |
| ·Researches on idioms at home and abroad | 第21-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第24-43页 |
| ·A general introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 第24-26页 |
| ·Traditional views on metaphor | 第26-29页 |
| ·The comparison theory | 第27-28页 |
| ·The substitution theory | 第28页 |
| ·Summary of traditional views on metaphor | 第28-29页 |
| ·Contemporary views on metaphor | 第29-32页 |
| ·The interaction theory | 第29-30页 |
| ·The cognitive views on metaphor | 第30-32页 |
| ·Summary of contemporary views on metaphor | 第32页 |
| ·The Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第32-38页 |
| ·The definition of metaphor | 第33-34页 |
| ·The philosophical basis: experientialism | 第34-35页 |
| ·The working mechanism of metaphor | 第35-38页 |
| ·Generic is specific metaphor | 第38页 |
| ·Conceptual blending theory | 第38-41页 |
| ·Conceptual blending network | 第39-40页 |
| ·Blending Process | 第40-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Four A Cognitive Analysis of Proverbs | 第43-72页 |
| ·English Proverbs | 第43-46页 |
| ·The definition of English proverbs | 第43-44页 |
| ·The features of English proverbs | 第44-46页 |
| ·Chinese proverbs | 第46-49页 |
| ·The definition of Chinese proverbs | 第46-49页 |
| ·The features of Chinese proverbs | 第49页 |
| ·Cultural patterns reflected in proverbs of the two languages | 第49-54页 |
| ·Individualism versus collectivism | 第50-52页 |
| ·Equality versus hierarchy | 第52-54页 |
| ·A cognitive analysis of proverbs | 第54-58页 |
| ·How proverbs work | 第55-56页 |
| ·Metaphoric or metonymic? | 第56页 |
| ·Conceptual interaction patterns in proverbs | 第56-57页 |
| ·Generic-level structure and the Extended Invariance Principle | 第57-58页 |
| ·The universality and specificity of proverbs: implications | 第58-60页 |
| ·Comparison of proverbs in English and Chinese | 第60页 |
| ·Case studies | 第60-70页 |
| ·Love proverbs in English and Chinese | 第61-66页 |
| ·Time proverbs in English and Chinese | 第66-70页 |
| ·Summary | 第70-72页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第72-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-81页 |
