| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| ·Why I choose this field to make a study | 第9-10页 |
| ·What is metaphor and what is metaphor cognition | 第10-12页 |
| ·Metaphor, language and translation | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter Two On Metaphor | 第15-26页 |
| ·Basic theories about metaphor | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Comparison Theory | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Substitution Theory | 第16页 |
| ·The Interaction Theory | 第16-17页 |
| ·Main categories and characteristics | 第17-23页 |
| ·Structural metaphor | 第18页 |
| ·Orientational metaphor | 第18-21页 |
| ·Ontological metaphor | 第21-23页 |
| ·Cognitive causes for the production of metaphor | 第23-26页 |
| ·Thinking poverty hypothesis | 第23-24页 |
| ·Radical metaphor | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three Studies of Metaphor from a Cognitive Perspective | 第26-32页 |
| ·Cognitive functions of metaphor | 第26-32页 |
| ·Metaphor is the foundation for forming conceptual system | 第27-28页 |
| ·Metaphor is an essential way of conceptualizing experience | 第28-30页 |
| ·Metaphor provides a new angle of view for understanding the world | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Four Translation of Metaphor Viewed from a Cognitive Perspective | 第32-45页 |
| ·The nature of translation | 第32页 |
| ·Cognitive conception of metaphorical translation | 第32-35页 |
| ·Translation Strategies | 第35-45页 |
| ·Literal translation | 第35-37页 |
| ·Conversion translation | 第37-40页 |
| ·Free translation | 第40-42页 |
| ·Transference between metaphor and simile | 第42-43页 |
| ·Retaining the original image with explanatory note | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第45-46页 |
| Bibliography | 第46-49页 |
| 读硕期间发表的论文目录 | 第49-50页 |
