| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| 1. Literature Review | 第11-18页 |
| ·Metaphor in Rhetoric and Cognitive Linguistics | 第11-12页 |
| ·Studies on Polysemy From Traditional View to Cognitive View | 第12-13页 |
| ·Studies on Body Metaphors | 第13-15页 |
| ·Studies on "Hand" Metaphors | 第15页 |
| ·Research Design and Data Collection | 第15-17页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| 2. Theoretical Foundations | 第18-24页 |
| ·Experimentalism | 第18页 |
| ·Image Schemas | 第18-19页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Nature of the Metaphor | 第19页 |
| ·Similarities and Mappings | 第19-20页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor | 第20页 |
| ·Metonymy | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Nature of Metonymy | 第20-21页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy | 第21页 |
| ·Metaphor and Metonymy | 第21-22页 |
| ·Polysemy | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Nature of Polysemy | 第22页 |
| ·Metaphor, Metonymy and Polysemy | 第22-23页 |
| ·Idioms and Conceptual Metaphor and Metonymy for Idioms | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Lexical Meanings and Semantic Categories of "Hand" in Chinese and English Idioms | 第24-41页 |
| ·Lexical Meanings of "Hand" in Dictionaries in Chinese and English | 第24-26页 |
| ·Lexical Meanings of "Hand" in Chinese and English Idioms | 第26-31页 |
| ·"Hand" Idioms-Derived From Physical Features | 第26-27页 |
| ·"Hand" Idioms-Derived From Basic Motion Features | 第27-28页 |
| ·"Hand" Idioms-Derived From Working Functions | 第28-31页 |
| ·Semantic Categories of "Hand" in Chinese and English Idioms | 第31-41页 |
| ·Types of Semantic Category | 第31-32页 |
| ·Semantic Categories of "Hand" Idioms in Chinese | 第32-35页 |
| ·Semantic Categories of "Hand" Idioms in English | 第35-38页 |
| ·Comparison of Semantic Categories of "Hand" in Chinese and English Idioms | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter 4 Motivation for "Hand" Idioms from Cognitive Linguistic View | 第41-55页 |
| ·Metonymical use of "Hand" Idioms in Chinese and English | 第41-44页 |
| ·Metaphorical Use of "Hand" Idioms in Chinese and English | 第44-53页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor | 第45-46页 |
| ·Metaphorical Use of "Hand" in Chinese and English | 第46-53页 |
| ·Comparison of the Metaphorical Use of "Hand" Idioms in Chinese and English | 第53-55页 |
| ·Similar Bodily Experiences | 第53-54页 |
| ·Cultural Differences | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第55-59页 |
| ·Major Findings of Thesis | 第55-58页 |
| ·Cognitive Universality | 第55-56页 |
| ·Cultural Differences | 第56-57页 |
| ·Identical Working Mechanisms of "Hand" in Idioms in Chinese and English | 第57-58页 |
| ·Limitations of the Thesis | 第58-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-63页 |
