| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第8-13页 |
| ·PURPOSE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY | 第8-9页 |
| ·RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第9-12页 |
| ·GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF THE THESIS | 第12-13页 |
| CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第13-22页 |
| ·PREVIOUS APPROACHES TO METAPHOR STUDY | 第13-14页 |
| ·METAPHOR IN EMP:PREVIOUS RESEARCHES | 第14-20页 |
| ·MAJOR MODI OF METAPHORS IN ESP STUDIES | 第20-21页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第21-22页 |
| CHAPTER 3 ANALYSIS:THE CASE STUDY OF DISEASE AND ITS METAPHORS | 第22-44页 |
| ·DATA DESCRIPTION | 第22-23页 |
| ·ANALYSIS | 第23-34页 |
| ·Basic qualifications:disease as warfare | 第23-26页 |
| ·Metaphor concerning the human body | 第26-30页 |
| ·Metaphor concerning the risk factors for disease | 第30-32页 |
| ·Suffering metaphor:"disease" brings about suffering as warfare | 第32-33页 |
| ·Developmental metaphor:"disease" as a developmental activity | 第33-34页 |
| ·RESULTS | 第34-42页 |
| ·Results | 第34-39页 |
| ·Issue of metaphorical polysemy | 第39-40页 |
| ·Issue of metaphorical synonyms | 第40-41页 |
| ·Issue of novel or dead metaphors | 第41-42页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第42-44页 |
| CHAPTER 4 DISCUSSION | 第44-47页 |
| ·CONCLUSION | 第44-45页 |
| ·LIMITATION | 第45-46页 |
| ·SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE RESEARCHES | 第46-47页 |
| APPENDIX | 第47-49页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第49-52页 |
