| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| ·Motivations and Objectives | 第8-9页 |
| ·The Organization of this Thesis | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter Two A Review of Relevant Literature | 第11-19页 |
| ·Historical Retrospect on the Studies of Metaphor | 第11-15页 |
| ·The Rhetorical Approach to Metaphor | 第11-13页 |
| ·The Semantic Approach to Metaphor | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Cognitive Approach to Metaphor | 第14-15页 |
| ·A Brief Review of Some Current Researches on Idioms | 第15-17页 |
| ·Summary | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Background of the Current Research | 第19-34页 |
| ·The Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第19-27页 |
| ·The Main Features of Metaphor | 第19-23页 |
| ·Metaphor as a Mapping across Domains | 第23-25页 |
| ·Classification of Conceptual Metaphor | 第25-27页 |
| ·Language, Culture and Metaphor | 第27-33页 |
| ·The Nature of Culture | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Relationship between Language and Culture | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Relationship between Metaphor and Culture | 第31-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Four Metaphors in English and Chinese Idioms | 第34-42页 |
| ·Current Definitions of Idiom | 第34-35页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphors in English and Chinese Idioms | 第35-41页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphor in English and Chinese Idioms | 第36-37页 |
| ·Ontological Metaphor in English and Chinese Idioms | 第37-39页 |
| ·Structural Metaphor in English and Chinese Idioms | 第39-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Five A Comparison of Metaphors in English & Chinese Emotion-Related Idioms: A Case Study | 第42-55页 |
| ·The Cognitive Analysis of Emotional Terms | 第42-43页 |
| ·A Cognitive & Cultural Analysis of Metaphors in English & Chinese Emotion-Related Idioms | 第43-54页 |
| ·Anger | 第43-47页 |
| ·Similarities between Metaphors in English & Chinese Anger-Related Idioms | 第44-45页 |
| ·Differences between Metaphors in English & Chinese Anger-Related Idioms | 第45-47页 |
| ·Fear | 第47-50页 |
| ·Similarities between Metaphors in English & Chinese Fear-Related Idioms | 第47-48页 |
| ·Differences between Metaphors in English & Chinese Fear-Related Idioms | 第48-50页 |
| ·Happiness | 第50-53页 |
| ·Similarities between Metaphors in English & Chinese Happiness-Related Idioms | 第50-51页 |
| ·Differences between Metaphors in English & Chinese Happiness-Related Idioms | 第51-53页 |
| ·Sadness | 第53-54页 |
| ·Similarities between Metaphors in English & Chinese Sadness-Related Idioms | 第53页 |
| ·Differences between Metaphors in English & Chinese Sadness-Related Idioms | 第53-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| References | 第57-60页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第60页 |
