| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-13页 |
| ·The significance of proverbs | 第7-9页 |
| ·Proverbs as metaphors | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research questions | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第13-26页 |
| ·Traditional view and cognitive linguistic view of metaphor | 第13-17页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphors and their working mechanisms | 第17-22页 |
| ·Experiential bases and cultural influences | 第22-26页 |
| Chapter 3 A Comparative Study | 第26-51页 |
| ·Data collection and methods of classification | 第26-28页 |
| ·Data collection | 第26-27页 |
| ·Methods of classification | 第27-28页 |
| ·Metaphors in love proverbs in English and Chinese | 第28-39页 |
| ·Metaphors employed respectively | 第29-34页 |
| ·Similarities and differences | 第34-39页 |
| ·Metaphors in time proverbs in English and Chinese | 第39-48页 |
| ·Metaphors employed respectively | 第40-44页 |
| ·Similarities and differences | 第44-48页 |
| ·The intensification of proverbial wisdom through conceptual metaphors | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter 4 Conclusion | 第51-56页 |
| ·Major conclusions reached in this thesis | 第51-52页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第52-56页 |
