| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| 0.1 Raising of the Question | 第12-14页 |
| 0.1.1 Trigger | 第12-13页 |
| 0.1.2 Comments on the Related Researches | 第13页 |
| 0.1.3 Research Questions | 第13-14页 |
| 0.2 Viewpoints of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| 0.2.1 Exploited Theories | 第14页 |
| 0.2.2 Research Methods | 第14-15页 |
| 0.2.3 Main Viewpoints | 第15页 |
| 0.3 Significance of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| 0.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第18-25页 |
| 1.1 An Overview of the Studies on Chinese“Tou（头）” | 第18-21页 |
| 1.1.1 Structural and Semantic Approaches | 第18-19页 |
| 1.1.2 Social and Cultural Approaches | 第19-20页 |
| 1.1.3 Cognitive Approach | 第20-21页 |
| 1.2 An Overview of the Studies on English HEAD | 第21-22页 |
| 1.3 An Overview of the Contrastive Studies between Chinese “Tou(头)” and English HEAD | 第22-24页 |
| 1.4 Comments on Previous Studies | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundations | 第25-37页 |
| 2.1 Theories of Conceptual Structures | 第25-31页 |
| 2.1.1 Lexical Concept Frame | 第25-29页 |
| 2.1.2 Cultural Model | 第29-30页 |
| 2.1.3 Iconicity | 第30-31页 |
| 2.2 Theories of Cognitive Operation | 第31-36页 |
| 2.2.1 Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第31-33页 |
| 2.2.2 Conceptual Metonymy Theory | 第33-36页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter Three Classification of Formal Unit Concepts in English HEAD and Chinese “头” Frames and Their Comparison | 第37-52页 |
| 3.1 Classification of Formal Units about“头”in Chinese | 第38-42页 |
| 3.1.1 Formal Units about Thing Concepts | 第38-41页 |
| 3.1.2 Formal Units about Event Concepts | 第41-42页 |
| 3.2 Classification of Formal Units about HEAD in English | 第42-44页 |
| 3.2.1 Formal Units about Thing Concepts | 第42-44页 |
| 3.2.2 Formal Units about Event Concepts | 第44页 |
| 3.3 Similarities and Causes | 第44-47页 |
| 3.3.1 Similarities | 第44-45页 |
| 3.3.2 Causes | 第45-47页 |
| 3.4 Differences and Causes | 第47-52页 |
| 3.4.1 Differences | 第47-49页 |
| 3.4.2 Causes | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Four Representation of Same Elements in the Same Thing Concepts in English and Chinese HEAD/“头”Frames | 第52-78页 |
| 4.1 Representation of the Concrete Thing Concepts in English and Chinese HEAD/“头”Frames | 第53-64页 |
| 4.1.1 Representation of the Concrete Thing Concepts with HEAD as the Central Element | 第53-59页 |
| 4.1.2 Representation of the Concrete Thing Concepts with HEAD not as the Central Element | 第59-64页 |
| 4.2 Representation of the Abstract Thing Concepts in English and Chinese HEAD /“头”Frames | 第64-75页 |
| 4.2.1 Representation of the Abstract Thing Concepts with HEAD as the Central Element | 第65-73页 |
| 4.2.2 Representation of the Abstract Thing Concepts with HEAD not as the Central Element | 第73-75页 |
| 4.3 Similarities and Differences | 第75-78页 |
| 4.3.1 Analysis of Similarities | 第75-76页 |
| 4.3.2 Analysis of Differences | 第76-78页 |
| Chapter Five Representation of Same Elements in the Same Event Concepts in English and Chinese HEAD/“头”Frames | 第78-100页 |
| 5.1 Representation of the Same Action-Event Concepts in both English and Chinese HEAD/“头”Frames | 第78-95页 |
| 5.1.1 Representation of the Action-Event Concepts with HEAD as the Agent | 第79-81页 |
| 5.1.2 Representation of the Action-Event Concepts with HEAD as the Patient | 第81-92页 |
| 5.1.3 Representation of the Action-Event Concepts with HEAD as both Agent and Patient | 第92-95页 |
| 5.2 Representation of the Same State-Event Concepts in both English and Chinese HEAD/“头”Frames | 第95-98页 |
| 5.3 Similarities and Differences | 第98-100页 |
| 5.3.1 Analysis of Similarities | 第98-99页 |
| 5.3.2 Analysis of Differences | 第99-100页 |
| Conclusion | 第100-105页 |
| Bibliography | 第105-109页 |
| Appendix | 第109-118页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第118-119页 |
