| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-8页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第8-12页 |
| ·Significance of this Study | 第8-9页 |
| ·Feasibilities and Objectives of This Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Feasibilities | 第9-10页 |
| ·Objectives | 第10页 |
| ·General Framework | 第10-12页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第12-24页 |
| ·The Classical View of Metaphor | 第12-17页 |
| ·Definition and Classification of Metaphor by Aristotle | 第12-13页 |
| ·Comparison/Substitution Theory of Metaphor | 第13-14页 |
| ·Interaction Theory of Metaphor | 第14-17页 |
| ·Pragmatic View of Metaphor | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Contemporary Views of Metaphor | 第18-21页 |
| ·Metaphor Studies in China | 第21-24页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL PREREQUISITES | 第24-38页 |
| ·An Overview of Cognitive Linguistics | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Cognitive Approach to Metaphor | 第25-32页 |
| ·The Main Characteristics of Metaphor | 第25-28页 |
| ·The Mechanism of Metaphor | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Classification of Metaphors | 第29-32页 |
| ·The Grounding of Metaphors in the Cognitive Linguistic View | 第32-35页 |
| ·Correlations in Experience | 第32-33页 |
| ·Perceived Structural Similarity | 第33页 |
| ·Perceived Structural Similarity Induced by Basic Metaphors | 第33-34页 |
| ·Source as the Root of the Target | 第34-35页 |
| ·Cultural Variation in Metaphor | 第35-38页 |
| ·Cross-Cultural Variation | 第35-36页 |
| ·Causes of Cross-Cultural Variation | 第36-37页 |
| ·Within-Culture Variation | 第37-38页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EMOTION METAPHORS | 第38-90页 |
| ·Happiness Metaphors | 第39-50页 |
| ·Major Similarities | 第39-46页 |
| ·Major Differences | 第46-50页 |
| ·Anger Metaphors | 第50-59页 |
| ·Major Similarities | 第50-55页 |
| ·Major Differences | 第55-59页 |
| ·Fear Metaphors | 第59-71页 |
| ·Major Similarities | 第60-66页 |
| ·Major Differences | 第66-71页 |
| ·Sadness Metaphors | 第71-79页 |
| ·Major Similarities | 第71-75页 |
| ·Major Differences | 第75-79页 |
| ·A Cultural Analysis of the Similarities and Differences of Conceptual Metaphors between English and Chinese | 第79-90页 |
| ·The Theory of Yin-Yang | 第80-82页 |
| ·The Theory of Five Elements | 第82-85页 |
| ·Union of Heaven and Human vs. Binary of Subject and Object | 第85-90页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第90-94页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第94-96页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第96-100页 |
| ACHIEVEMENTS | 第100-101页 |
