| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Research | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Purpose of the Research | 第10-11页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-19页 |
| 2.1 Introduction | 第12-13页 |
| 2.2 Previous Researches on Metaphors in Economic Reports | 第13-19页 |
| 2.2.1 Definition of Economic Reports | 第13-14页 |
| 2.2.2 Previous Foreign Researches | 第14-16页 |
| 2.2.3 Previous Domestic Researches | 第16-17页 |
| 2.2.4 Summary | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations | 第19-28页 |
| 3.1 Introduction | 第19页 |
| 3.2 Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第19-24页 |
| 3.2.1 Conceptual Metaphor and its Classification | 第19-23页 |
| 3.2.2 Conceptual Metaphor Analysis of Economic Reports | 第23-24页 |
| 3.3 Frame Theory | 第24-26页 |
| 3.3.1 Frame and its Classification | 第24-26页 |
| 3.3.2 Frame Analysis of Economic Reports | 第26页 |
| 3.4 Complementariness of Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Frame Theory | 第26-27页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Four A Comparative Analysis of Metaphorical Patterns in Chinese and AmericanFinancial Crisis Reports in 2008 | 第28-61页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第28页 |
| 4.2 Data Collection and Research Methodology | 第28-31页 |
| 4.2.1 Data Collection | 第28-29页 |
| 4.2.2 Research Methodology | 第29-31页 |
| 4.3 Metaphorical Patterns in Chinese and American Financial Crisis Reports in 2008 | 第31-51页 |
| 4.3.1 Structural Metaphors | 第33-41页 |
| 4.3.2 Ontological Metaphors | 第41-49页 |
| 4.3.3 Orientational Metaphors | 第49-51页 |
| 4.4 Frame Analysis of Chinese and American Financial Crisis Reports in 2008 | 第51-54页 |
| 4.4.1 The War Frame | 第52页 |
| 4.4.2 The Illness Frame | 第52-53页 |
| 4.4.3 The Disaster Frame | 第53-54页 |
| 4.5 Similarities and Differences of Metaphorical Patterns in the two corpora | 第54-57页 |
| 4.5.1 Similarities of Metaphorical Patterns in the two corpora | 第56页 |
| 4.5.2 Differences of Metaphorical Patterns in the two corpora | 第56-57页 |
| 4.6 Explanations on Similarities and Differences of Metaphorical Patterns in the Two Corpora | 第57-59页 |
| 4.6.1 Explanations on Similarities of Metaphorical Patterns | 第57-58页 |
| 4.6.2 Explanations on Differences of Metaphorical Patterns | 第58-59页 |
| 4.7 Implications for Metaphorical Competence Development | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第61-65页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第61-63页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and Implications for Further Study | 第63-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-72页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第72页 |
