| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第8-18页 |
| 1．1 The Definition of Metaphor | 第9-10页 |
| 1．2 Literature Review | 第10-16页 |
| 1．2．1 Theories Important for the Appearance of Conceptual Metaphor Theory in the West | 第11-12页 |
| 1．2．2 Lakoff & Johnson's Main Works on Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第12-13页 |
| 1．2．3 Western Studies Adopting Conceptual Metaphor Theory into Foreign Language Vocabulary Teaching | 第13-14页 |
| 1．2．4 The Introduction of Western Conceptual Metaphor Theory into China | 第14-15页 |
| 1．2．5 Relating Conceptual Metaphor Theory with Chinese English Teaching | 第15-16页 |
| 1．3 Purposes and Significances of This Research | 第16页 |
| 1．4 Data Collection and Subjects | 第16-17页 |
| 1．5 The Layout of This Paper | 第17-18页 |
| 2 An Overview of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第18-30页 |
| 2．1 The Main Features of Metaphor | 第18-20页 |
| 2．1．1 The Pervasiveness of Metaphor | 第18-19页 |
| 2．1．2 The Systematicity of Metaphor | 第19-20页 |
| 2．2 The Philosophical Bases of Conceptual Metaphor Theory: Experientialism | 第20-22页 |
| 2．2．1 Objectivism | 第20-21页 |
| 2．2．2 Experientialism | 第21-22页 |
| 2．2．3 Experientialism as Philosophical Basis of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第22页 |
| 2．3 The Working Mechanism of Metaphor | 第22-23页 |
| 2．3．1 The Invariance Principle | 第22-23页 |
| 2．4 The Classification of Metaphor | 第23-26页 |
| 2．4．1 Conventional Metaphors & New Metaphors | 第24页 |
| 2．4．2 Three Types of Conceptual Metaphor | 第24-26页 |
| 2．5 Criticisms and Limitations of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第26-30页 |
| 2．5．1 Criticisms Made by Wierzbicka | 第26-27页 |
| 2．5．2 Criticisms Made by Jackendoff& Aaron | 第27-28页 |
| 2．5．3 Limitations and Questions of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第28-30页 |
| 3 The Significance of Metaphor in English Vocabulary teaching | 第30-38页 |
| 3．1 Metaphors and Polysemy | 第30-33页 |
| 3．2 Metaphors and Cultural Implications | 第33-35页 |
| 3．3 Metaphors and Idiomatic Expressions | 第35-38页 |
| 4 On Measuring of Chinese College Students' Metaphorical Competence and Vocabulary Level | 第38-48页 |
| 4．1 Background | 第38页 |
| 4．2 Research Methodology | 第38-40页 |
| 4．2．1 Research Objectives | 第38-39页 |
| 4．2．2 Subjects | 第39页 |
| 4．2．3 Instruments | 第39-40页 |
| 4．3 Results and Discussions | 第40-46页 |
| 4．3．1 Metaphorical Competence | 第41-44页 |
| 4．3．2 Vocabulary Level | 第44-45页 |
| 4．3．3 Relationship between Metaphorical Competence and Vocabulary Level | 第45-46页 |
| 4．4 Suggestions for the Teaching of Metaphor | 第46-47页 |
| 4．5 Limitations of the Test | 第47-48页 |
| 5 Conclusions | 第48-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-54页 |
| 附录A Metaphorical Competence and English Vocabulary Level Test | 第54-61页 |
| 附录B The Design of the Vocabulary Test | 第61-62页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表学术论文情况 | 第62-63页 |
| 致谢 | 第63-64页 |
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