| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| Chapter One Metaphor and Metaphorical Thought | 第14-28页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第14-18页 |
| ·Metaphorical Thought | 第18-22页 |
| ·The Relation between Language and Thought | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Relation between Metaphorical Language and Metaphorical Thought | 第24-28页 |
| Chapter Two The Mechanisms of Metaphorical Thought at the Lexical Level | 第28-37页 |
| ·The Mechanism of Metaphorical Thought Based on the Experiential Factors | 第28-30页 |
| ·The Mechanism of Metaphorical Thought Based on the Conception of Similarity | 第30-33页 |
| ·The Mechanism of Metaphorical Thought Based on the Mental-image | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Mechanism of Metaphorical Thought Based on the Extension of Conceptual Metaphor | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Three A Contrastive Analysis of Metaphorical Thought at the Lexical Level between English and Chinese | 第37-64页 |
| ·The Similarities of Metaphorical Thought between English and Chinese | 第37-56页 |
| ·Making Use of the Concrete Substances to Structure the Abstract Concept | 第38-43页 |
| ·Regarding Human Body as the Measure of Other Concepts | 第43-51页 |
| ·Understanding the New Concept in Terms of the Known Concept | 第51-56页 |
| ·The Differences of Metaphorical Thought between English and Chinese | 第56-64页 |
| ·Different substances for the Same Concepts | 第56-58页 |
| ·Same Substance for the Different Concepts | 第58-60页 |
| ·Asymmetric Metaphorical Thought between English and Chinese | 第60-64页 |
| Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-70页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第70-71页 |
| 在校期间科研成果 | 第71页 |
