| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-9页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第9-16页 |
| ·ORIENTATION OF THE TITLE | 第9-10页 |
| ·MOTIVATIONS OF THE STUDY | 第10-11页 |
| ·THE CONCEPT OF METAPHOR | 第11-12页 |
| ·THE CONCEPT OF TEMPORAL METAPHOR | 第12页 |
| ·THE AIMS AND HYPOTHESES OF THE PRESENT STUDY | 第12-13页 |
| ·BASIC APPROACHES TO THE PRESENT STUDY | 第13-14页 |
| ·LAYOUT AND SCOPE OF THE STUDY | 第14-15页 |
| ·CONCLUSIONS | 第15-16页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第16-31页 |
| ·LITERATURE REVIEW OF METAPHOR STUDIES IN THE WEST AND CHINA | 第16-18页 |
| ·THEORETICAL BACKGROUND OF TEMPORAL METAPHOR | 第18-29页 |
| ·LITERATURE REVIEW OF TEMPORAL METAPHOR STUDIES IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE | 第29-30页 |
| ·CONCLUSIONS | 第30-31页 |
| CHAPTER THREE A CONTRASTIVE STUDY OF TEMPORAL METAPHORS IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE | 第31-53页 |
| ·CLASSIFICATION OF TEMPORAL METAPHORS | 第31-33页 |
| ·SIMILARITIES BETWEEN TEMPORAL METAPHORS IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE | 第33-44页 |
| ·MOTIVATIONS FOR THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN TEMPORAL METAPHORS IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE | 第44-45页 |
| ·DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TEMPORAL METAPHORS IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE | 第45-50页 |
| ·MOTIVATIONS FOR THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TEMPORAL METAPHORS IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE | 第50-51页 |
| ·CONCLUSIONS | 第51-53页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CONCLUSIONS | 第53-57页 |
| ·MAJOR FINDINGS | 第53-54页 |
| ·APPLICATION OF THE PRESENT STUDY | 第54-56页 |
| ·SPECULATIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE STUDIES IN TEMPORAL METAPHORS | 第56-57页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第57-58页 |
| REFERENCES | 第58-60页 |
| APPENDIX: 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表论文目录 | 第60-61页 |
| 独创性声明 | 第61页 |
| 学位论文版权使用授权书 | 第61页 |
