| Acknowledgements | 第1-10页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第10-11页 |
| Abstract | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter I Introduction | 第12-19页 |
| ·Background of the Research | 第12-14页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Research Questions, Methodology and Data Collection | 第16-17页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter II Literature Review | 第19-31页 |
| ·Overview of Metaphor Studies | 第19-28页 |
| ·Metaphor Study Abroad | 第19-26页 |
| ·The Comparison Theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Substitution Approach | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Approach | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Interaction Approach | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Cognitive Approach | 第24-26页 |
| ·Metaphor Study at Home | 第26-28页 |
| ·Plant Metaphor's Study at Home and Abroad | 第28-31页 |
| ·Plant Metaphor's Study Abroad | 第28页 |
| ·Plant Metaphor's Study at Home | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter III Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第31-39页 |
| ·Its Definition | 第31-32页 |
| ·Its Working Mechanism | 第32-33页 |
| ·Its Classification | 第33-36页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphor | 第33-34页 |
| ·Ontological Metaphor | 第34-35页 |
| ·Entity and Substance Metaphor | 第34-35页 |
| ·Container Metaphor | 第35页 |
| ·Personification | 第35页 |
| ·Structural Metaphor | 第35-36页 |
| ·Its Features | 第36-37页 |
| ·Systematicity | 第36-37页 |
| ·Pervasiveness | 第37页 |
| ·Metaphor and Culture | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter IV A Comparative Study on Conceptual Metaphors of “Plant” Between English and Chinese | 第39-60页 |
| ·The Analysis on Similarities of Conceptual Metaphors of “Plant” Between English and Chinese | 第39-53页 |
| ·Static Conceptual Metaphors of “Plant” in English and Chinese | 第39-48页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphors of Plant Organs | 第39-45页 |
| ·HUMAN BEING IS PLANT | 第39-41页 |
| ·ABSTRACT NOTION IS PLANT | 第41-43页 |
| ·EMOTION IS PLANT | 第43-44页 |
| ·OBJECT IS PLANT | 第44-45页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphors of Plant Species | 第45-48页 |
| ·HUMAN BEING IS PLANT | 第45-46页 |
| ·OBJECT IS PLANT | 第46-47页 |
| ·ABSTRACT NOTION IS PLANT | 第47-48页 |
| ·Dynamic Conceptual Metaphors of “Plant” Between English and Chinese | 第48-53页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphors of Growing Process of Plants | 第48-51页 |
| ·HUMAN BEING IS PLANT | 第48-50页 |
| ·EMOTION IS PLANT | 第50-51页 |
| ·IDEA IS PLANT | 第51页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphors of Human Management of Plants | 第51-53页 |
| ·The Analysis on Differences of Conceptual Metaphors of “Plant” Between English and Chinese | 第53-60页 |
| ·Particularities in English | 第53-55页 |
| ·THE BELOVED IS PLANT | 第53-54页 |
| ·THE CRAZY PERSON IS PLANT | 第54页 |
| ·MONEY IS PLANT | 第54页 |
| ·THE STUPID PERSON IS PLANT | 第54页 |
| ·THE DIFFICULT PROBLEM IS PLANT | 第54-55页 |
| ·THE EXTREME METHOD IS PLANT | 第55页 |
| ·BENEFIT IS PLANT | 第55页 |
| ·Particularities in Chinese | 第55-60页 |
| ·LOVE IS PLANT | 第55-56页 |
| ·PURITY IS PLANT | 第56页 |
| ·PARTING WITH SORROW IS PLANT | 第56-57页 |
| ·ELEGANCE AND WEALTH IS PLANT | 第57页 |
| ·NOBLITY AND PERSISTENCE IS PLANT | 第57-58页 |
| ·VIRTUOUSNESS IS PLANT | 第58页 |
| ·UPRIGHTNESS AND INTEGRITY IS PLANT | 第58-59页 |
| ·TRANQUILITY IS PLANT | 第59页 |
| ·FIRMNESS IS PLANT | 第59-60页 |
| Chapter V Reasons for Similarities and Differences of Conceptual Metaphors of “Plant” between English and Chinese | 第60-64页 |
| ·The Causes of Similarities | 第60-61页 |
| ·The Causes of Differences | 第61-64页 |
| ·Living Environment | 第61-62页 |
| ·Differences in Thinking Modes | 第62页 |
| ·Differences in Aesthetic Standards | 第62-63页 |
| ·Differences in Historic Background | 第63-64页 |
| Chapter VI Conclusion | 第64-67页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第64-65页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第65-66页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第66-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-69页 |
