| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| 前言 | 第7-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Searching for a Theoretical Perspective | 第14-23页 |
| 1.1 Definitions of metaphor | 第14-17页 |
| 1.2 Theories of metaphor | 第17-21页 |
| 1.3 The necessity of metaphor | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 2 Metaphor in the Framework of Language and Culture | 第23-28页 |
| 2.1 The inseparability between language and culture | 第23-25页 |
| 2.2 The inseparability between culture and metaphor | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Body Metaphors in English and Chinese Languages | 第28-42页 |
| 3.1 A brief historical account of body metaphors | 第28-31页 |
| 3.2 Categorizing the ways of body-metaphorization | 第31-42页 |
| 3.2.1 Finding the ways of body-metaphorization | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2.2 Body-metaphorization on lexical level | 第32-34页 |
| 3.2.3 Body-metaphorization based on mapping models | 第34-42页 |
| 3.2.3.1 Mapping from body domain to non-body domain | 第35-37页 |
| 3.2.3.2 Mapping from non-body domain to body domain | 第37-40页 |
| 3.2.3.3 Mapping between two body parts | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter 4 A Cross-cultural Contrast of Body Metaphors in English and Chinese Languages | 第42-48页 |
| 4.1 Body metaphors of human universality | 第42-43页 |
| 4.2 Body metaphors of cultural relativity | 第43-48页 |
| Chapter 5 A Concluding Remark | 第48-50页 |
| References | 第50-53页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第53页 |
