| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| CONTENTS | 第9-12页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第12-13页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第13-14页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第14-15页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第15-21页 |
| 1.1 Rationale of the Present Study | 第15-17页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the Present Study | 第17-18页 |
| 1.2.1 Theoretical Significance | 第17页 |
| 1.2.2 Practical Significance | 第17-18页 |
| 1.3 Research Questions of the Present Study | 第18页 |
| 1.4 Research Methodology and Procedure | 第18-19页 |
| 1.5 Outline of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| CHAPTER TWO RELEVANT STUDIES ON METAPHOR | 第21-37页 |
| 2.1 Metaphor – A Matter of Language towards Thought | 第21-27页 |
| 2.1.1 The Nature of Metaphor | 第22-23页 |
| 2.1.2 Classification of Metaphor | 第23页 |
| 2.1.3 Features of Metaphor | 第23-24页 |
| 2.1.4 The Working Mechanism of Metaphor | 第24-25页 |
| 2.1.5 Metaphor Studies in China | 第25-27页 |
| 2.2 Metaphor and Language Learning | 第27-29页 |
| 2.2.1 Metaphor and LSP (Language for Specific Purposes) Teaching and Learning | 第27页 |
| 2.2.2 Metaphor and Second Language Learning | 第27-29页 |
| 2.3 Metaphor and Lexicography | 第29-33页 |
| 2.3.1 Lexicographical Studies on Metaphor Abroad | 第29-30页 |
| 2.3.2 Lexicographical Studies on Metaphor in China | 第30-32页 |
| 2.3.3 Metaphor Information Represented in Dictionaries | 第32-33页 |
| 2.4 Emotion Metaphor and Lexicography | 第33-36页 |
| 2.4.1 Studies on Emotion Metaphor | 第33-35页 |
| 2.4.2 Emotion Metaphors in Dictionaries | 第35-36页 |
| 2.5 Concluding Remarks | 第36-37页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF THE PRESENT STUDY | 第37-41页 |
| 3.1 CMT—the Theoretical Foundation of the Present Study | 第37-38页 |
| 3.1.1 The Application of CMT in Comparing English and Chinese Emotion Metaphors | 第37-38页 |
| 3.1.2 The Application of CMT in ECLDs | 第38页 |
| 3.2 The User Perspective in the Dictionaries | 第38-39页 |
| 3.3 Noticing Hypothesis and REM in the Dictionaries | 第39页 |
| 3.4 Concluding Remarks | 第39-41页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN ENGLISH AND CHINESE EMOTION METAPHORS | 第41-61页 |
| 4.1 Classification of Emotion Metaphors | 第41-42页 |
| 4.2 A Comparative Study between English and Chinese Emotion Metaphors | 第42-57页 |
| 4.2.1 Major Similarities between English and Chinese Emotion Metaphors | 第42-51页 |
| 4.2.2 Major Differences between English and Chinese Emotion Metaphors | 第51-57页 |
| 4.3 Concluding Remarks | 第57-61页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE A PARALLEL STUDY OF THE REPRESENTATION OF EMOTION METAPHORS (REM) IN FIVE MAJOR ENGLISH LEARNERS’ DICTIONARIES (ELDS) AND TWO ENGLISH-CHINESE LEARNERS’ DICTIONARIES (ECLDS) | 第61-75页 |
| 5.1 REM at the Megastructure Level in the Dictionaries | 第61-65页 |
| 5.1.1 Strengths of MED2 in REM at the Megastructure | 第62-65页 |
| 5.1.2 Drawbacks of MED2 in REM at the Megastructure | 第65页 |
| 5.2 REM at the Microstructure Level in the Dictionaries | 第65-73页 |
| 5.2.1 An Examination of Metaphor Boxes in MED251 | 第65-68页 |
| 5.2.2 The Presentation of Figurative Emotion Expressions in the Dictionary Main Entries | 第68-73页 |
| 5.3 REM at the Mediostructure Level in the Dictionaries | 第73-74页 |
| 5.4 Concluding Remarks | 第74-75页 |
| CHAPTER SIX A PROPOSED MODEL FOR REPRESENTATION OF EMOTION METAPHORS IN ECLDS | 第75-85页 |
| 6.1 Special Needs of Chinese EFL learners on Emotion Metaphorical Information in ECLDs | 第75页 |
| 6.2 A Model for Representing Emotion Metaphors in ECLDs | 第75-83页 |
| 6.2.1 Suggestions at the Megastructure Level | 第76-79页 |
| 6.2.2 Suggestions at the Microstructure Level | 第79-82页 |
| 6.2.3 Suggestions at the Mediostructure Level | 第82-83页 |
| 6.3 Concluding Remarks | 第83-85页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第85-87页 |
| 7.1 Major Findings of the Present Study | 第85-86页 |
| 7.2 Implications of the Present Study | 第86页 |
| 7.3 Limitations of the Present Study | 第86页 |
| 7.4 Suggestions for Future Research | 第86-87页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第87-93页 |
