| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Objective of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| 1.3 Need for the Study | 第11-12页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-29页 |
| 2.1 Language Transfer | 第13-17页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of Language Transfer | 第13-15页 |
| 2.1.2 Development of Language Transfer | 第15-17页 |
| 2.2 Conceptual Transfer | 第17-24页 |
| 2.2.1 Proposition of Conceptual Transfer | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2.2 Definition of Conceptual Transfer | 第18-21页 |
| 2.2.3 Classification of Conceptual Transfer | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2.4 Domains of Conceptual Transfer | 第22-24页 |
| 2.3 Research on Conceptual Transfer | 第24-29页 |
| 2.3.1 Theoretical Research on Conceptual Transfer | 第24-25页 |
| 2.3.2 Empirical Research on Conceptual Transfer | 第25-29页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第29-38页 |
| 3.1 Conceptual Transfer and Linguistic Relativity | 第29-32页 |
| 3.2 Spatial Categorization and Spatial Prepositions | 第32-36页 |
| 3.2.1 Categorization | 第32-34页 |
| 3.2.2 Spatial Categorization of zai…li/in and zai…shang/on | 第34-36页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology | 第38-43页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第38页 |
| 4.2 Research Design | 第38-43页 |
| 4.2.1 Corpora Used in the Study | 第38-39页 |
| 4.2.2 Procedures of the Study | 第39-40页 |
| 4.2.3 Data Collection | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter Five Data Analysis and Discussion | 第43-55页 |
| 5.1 The Use of the Spatial Prepositions in and on in the Sub-corpus of ICCI | 第43-48页 |
| 5.2 A Comparison of the Use of the Spatial Prepositions between the Corpora | 第48-51页 |
| 5.3 Conceptual Transfer of the English Spatial Prepositions in Chinese Use | 第51-55页 |
| 5.3.1 The Existence of Conceptual Transfer in the Use of the English Spatial Prepositions | 第51-52页 |
| 5.3.2 The Systematic Features and the Reasons of Conceptual Transfer in the Use of the English Spatial Prepositions | 第52-55页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| 6.1 General Findings | 第55-56页 |
| 6.2 Implications of the Study | 第56页 |
| 6.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Studies | 第56-58页 |
| References | 第58-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63页 |
