| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-15页 |
| Chapter One Preliminary | 第15-21页 |
| ·Introduction | 第15-17页 |
| ·Definitions of Metaphor | 第15-17页 |
| ·The definition of metaphor in the West | 第15-16页 |
| ·The definition of metaphor in China | 第16-17页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第17-18页 |
| ·Aims of the thesis | 第18-19页 |
| ·Research Methodology and Data Collection | 第19页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第21-33页 |
| ·Traditional Views of Metaphor | 第21-26页 |
| ·The Comparison View of Metaphor | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Substitution View of Metaphor | 第22-23页 |
| ·Interaction Theory | 第23-25页 |
| ·Tension Theory | 第23-24页 |
| ·Black's Model | 第24-25页 |
| ·Comments on Traditional Views | 第25-26页 |
| ·Contemporary Cognitive Views of Metaphor | 第26-30页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第26-27页 |
| ·Working Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor | 第27-28页 |
| ·Types of Metaphor | 第28-30页 |
| ·Structural Metaphor | 第28页 |
| ·Ontological Metaphor | 第28-29页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphor | 第29-30页 |
| ·Metaphor in Study of Lyrics | 第30页 |
| ·Linguistic Features of Grassland Song lyrics | 第30页 |
| ·Cognitive Researches on Metaphors in Song Lyrics | 第30-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第33-52页 |
| ·Introduction | 第33页 |
| ·The Experiential Basis of Metaphor | 第33-38页 |
| ·Experientialism and the realization of metaphor | 第34-38页 |
| ·Cognitive metaphor theory | 第38-51页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第38-43页 |
| ·Image schemas | 第38-39页 |
| ·Mapping | 第39-40页 |
| ·Mapping between two domains | 第40-43页 |
| ·The significance of conceptual metaphor theory | 第43-44页 |
| ·Conceptual blending theory | 第44-51页 |
| ·Mental space | 第47-49页 |
| ·Conceptual blending | 第49-51页 |
| ·CMT and CBT:Two Complementary Approaches to Metaphor | 第51-52页 |
| Chapter Four A Cognitive Analysis of Metaphors in Mongolia Grassland Song Lyrics | 第52-67页 |
| ·Introduction | 第52-55页 |
| ·The features of the Mongolia Grassland songs | 第53页 |
| ·The Artistic Features and Social Values of Mongolia Grassand Songs | 第53-55页 |
| ·Application of CMT in Analyzing Metaphors in Grassland Song Lyrics | 第55-60页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphor in Grassland song lyrics | 第58页 |
| ·Image metaphor in Grassland song lyrics | 第58-60页 |
| ·Application of CBT in Analyzing Metaphors in Grassland Song lyrics | 第60-64页 |
| ·CBT as a complement to CMT in interpreting metaphors | 第60-64页 |
| ·Functions of The Cognitive Metaphors in Grassland Song Lyrics | 第64-66页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-67页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第67-71页 |
| ·Major findings of this thesis | 第67-68页 |
| ·The limitations of the thesis | 第68-69页 |
| ·Suggestions for further study | 第69-71页 |
| REFERENCES | 第71-73页 |
