| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Research | 第9-10页 |
| 1.1.1 Metaphor | 第9-10页 |
| 1.1.2 American Presidential Inaugural Address | 第10页 |
| 1.2 Aims of the Research | 第10页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the Research | 第10-11页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-27页 |
| 2.1 An Overview of the Political Speech | 第13-14页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Political Speech Analysis from Different Perspectives | 第14-18页 |
| 2.2.1 Stylistic Perspective | 第14-15页 |
| 2.2.2 Traditional Rhetorical Perspective | 第15-16页 |
| 2.2.3 Discourse Analysis Perspective | 第16-17页 |
| 2.2.4 Social Psychological Approach | 第17-18页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies on Metaphor | 第18-25页 |
| 2.3.1 Definition of Metaphor | 第18-19页 |
| 2.3.2 A Review on Studies of Metaphor Abroad and at Home | 第19-23页 |
| 2.3.3 Previous Studies on Metaphor Translation | 第23-25页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations | 第27-45页 |
| 3.1 Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第27-38页 |
| 3.1.1 The Nature of Conceptual Metaphor | 第27-28页 |
| 3.1.2 Categories of Conceptual Metaphor | 第28-32页 |
| 3.1.3 Characteristics of Conceptual Metaphor | 第32-35页 |
| 3.1.4 Working Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor | 第35-38页 |
| 3.1.5 The Significance of Conceptual Metaphor | 第38页 |
| 3.2 Newmart's Metaphor Translation Theory | 第38-41页 |
| 3.2.1 Translation of Metaphor | 第38-39页 |
| 3.2.2 Newmark's Theory on Metaphor Translation | 第39-41页 |
| 3.3 Research Methodology and Research Questions | 第41-44页 |
| 3.3.1 Source of Data | 第41-42页 |
| 3.3.2 Metaphor Identification | 第42页 |
| 3.3.3 Research Procedure | 第42-43页 |
| 3.3.4 Research Questions | 第43-44页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Four Conceptual Metaphors in Obama's Inaugural Speeches | 第45-60页 |
| 4.1 Dominant Conceptual Metaphors in Obama's Inaugural Speeches | 第45-47页 |
| 4.2 The Analysis of Structural Metaphors in the Inaugural Addresses of Barack Obama | 第47-53页 |
| 4.2.1 Journey Metaphor | 第47-50页 |
| 4.2.2 Building Metaphor | 第50-51页 |
| 4.2.3 War metaphor | 第51-53页 |
| 4.3 The Analysis of Orientational Metaphors in the Inaugural Addresses of Barack Obama | 第53-55页 |
| 4.3.1 Orientational Metaphor of "UP","DOWN","BACK","FORWARD" | 第53-55页 |
| 4.4 The Analysis of Ontological Metaphors in the Inaugural Addresses of Barack Obama | 第55-59页 |
| 4.4.1 Human Body/Human Metaphors | 第55-57页 |
| 4.4.2 Light metaphor | 第57页 |
| 4.4.3 Nature metaphor | 第57-59页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第59-60页 |
| Chapter Five Translation Strategies of the Conceptual Metaphors in Obama's Speech | 第60-72页 |
| 5.1 Retaining the Source Image | 第61-67页 |
| 5.1.1 Metaphor to Metaphor-Reproducing the Same or Similar Image in Target Language | 第61-67页 |
| 5.2 Metaphor to Simile | 第67-69页 |
| 5.2.1 Metaphor to Simile plus Paraphrase | 第68-69页 |
| 5.3 Sacrificing the Source Image | 第69-70页 |
| 5.3.1 Metaphor to Non-metaphor:conveying sense only | 第69-70页 |
| 5.3.2 Deletion | 第70页 |
| 5.4 Summary | 第70-72页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第72-75页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings of the Study | 第72页 |
| 6.2 Implications of the Study | 第72-73页 |
| 6.3 Limitations of the Study | 第73-74页 |
| 6.4 Suggestions for Future Research | 第74-75页 |
| References | 第75-78页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ What is Required:The Price and the Promise of Citizenship | 第78-85页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ His Second Inaugural Speech | 第85-91页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第91页 |
