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A Cognitive Study of Conceptual Metaphors on Chinese Economy in the Economist

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS第7-8页
ABSTRACT第8页
摘要第9-10页
CONTENTS第10-12页
LIST OF FIGURES第12-13页
LIST OF TABLES第13-14页
Chapter I Introduction第14-18页
    1.1 Background第14-15页
    1.2 Research Focus第15-16页
        1.2.1 Research Questions第15页
        1.2.2 Research Purposes and Significance第15-16页
    1.3 Thesis Structure第16-18页
Chapter II Literature Review第18-30页
    2.1 Definitions of Metaphor第18-20页
    2.2 Main Studies on Metaphor Abroad第20-28页
        2.2.1 Comparison and Substitution Studies第20-21页
        2.2.2 Interaction Studies第21-22页
        2.2.3 Cognitive View on Metaphor Studies第22-24页
        2.2.4 Previous Studies on Metaphors in Business English Discourses第24-28页
    2.3 Main Studies on Metaphor in China第28-29页
        2.3.1 Previous Studies on metaphors in Business English discourses第28-29页
    2.4 Comments on the Previous Research第29-30页
Chapter III Theoretical Framework第30-39页
    3.1 Conceptual Metaphor Theoretical Basis第30-35页
        3.1.1 The working Mechanism of Metaphor – Cross-Domain Mapping第30-33页
        3.1.2 The Experiential Basis of Metaphor第33-35页
    3.2 Conceptual Metaphor and Metaphorical Expressions第35-36页
    3.3 The Analytical Framework of the thesis第36-39页
Chapter IV Methodology第39-43页
    4.1 Data Collection第39-40页
    4.2 Metaphor Identification第40-41页
    4.3 Metaphor Calculation第41-43页
Chapter V Data Analysis第43-62页
    5.1 UP and DOWN metaphors第43-46页
        5.1.1 Economy changes: “UP” and “DOWN” movements第43-44页
        5.1.2 “Up”: Upward movement of economic change第44-45页
        5.1.3 “Down”: downward movement of economic change第45-46页
    5.2 Human Metaphors第46-50页
        5.2.1 Chinese economy is “Human”第47页
        5.2.2 Chinese economy problems are unfavorable physical states第47-48页
        5.2.3 Economic improvement is physical improvement第48-50页
    5.3 War metaphor第50-53页
        5.3.1 Chinese economic activity is physical conflict第50-51页
        5.3.2 Means to gain the market are strategies to win a war第51页
        5.3.3 The process of economic activity is the process of war第51-52页
        5.3.4 The result of economic activity is the result of war第52-53页
    5.4 Liquid metaphor第53-55页
        5.4.1 Movement of money is the movement of water第54-55页
    5.5 Container and building metaphors第55-58页
        5.5.1 Chinese economy is a container第55-56页
        5.5.2 Chinese economic unit is a building第56-58页
    5.6 Animal metaphor第58-60页
    5.7 Other metaphors第60页
    5.8 Summary of the chapter第60-62页
Chapter VI Conclusion第62-66页
    6.1 Major findings第62-64页
    6.2 Implications of the findings第64页
    6.3 Limitations and suggestions for future research第64-66页
Reference第66-70页
Appendix I第70-71页
Appendix II第71-83页

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