| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第1-11页 |
| ·An Overview of Classical Metaphor Theories | 第8-9页 |
| ·Comparison theory | 第8页 |
| ·Substitution theory | 第8页 |
| ·Interaction theory | 第8-9页 |
| ·Contemporary metaphor theories | 第9页 |
| ·Research orientation | 第9-10页 |
| ·Brief structure of the present study | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Cognitive Metaphor Theory | 第11-25页 |
| ·Experientialism: the philosophical basis of metaphor | 第12-14页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphor | 第14-15页 |
| ·The definition of conceptual metaphor | 第15-16页 |
| ·The characteristics of conceptual metaphors | 第16-21页 |
| ·Metaphor and cultural coherence | 第16页 |
| ·The systematicity of conceptual metaphors | 第16-18页 |
| ·The working mechanism of conceptual metaphors: the mapping from the source domain to the target domain | 第18-21页 |
| ·Image schemas | 第21-25页 |
| ·Images and image schemas | 第21-23页 |
| ·An example on this issue | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Literature Review: Culture Related Studies on Metaphor | 第25-36页 |
| ·Ning Yu | 第26-28页 |
| ·Zoltán K(?)vecses | 第28-30页 |
| ·Naomi Quinn | 第30-32页 |
| ·Gibbs: | 第32页 |
| ·Glucksberg: | 第32-33页 |
| ·An overview of previous study: | 第33-34页 |
| ·Brief comment of previous study: | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Theoretical Structure of the Author's Research | 第36-45页 |
| ·The necessity of the author's present study | 第36页 |
| ·A brief introduction | 第36-37页 |
| ·Key terms | 第37-41页 |
| ·Metaphorical concepts, metaphorical expressions and image metaphors | 第37页 |
| ·Domains & mappings | 第37-38页 |
| ·Mental Images | 第38页 |
| ·Image Metaphors | 第38-39页 |
| ·Metaphor, Simile and Metonymy | 第39-40页 |
| ·Metaphor and Mental Images | 第40-41页 |
| ·The theoretical structure | 第41-44页 |
| ·Four aspects involved in metaphor comprehension for the author's study | 第41-43页 |
| ·Hypothesis of the present study | 第43-44页 |
| ·Specific questions raised under the general hypothesis | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ The Research Method | 第45-50页 |
| ·Subjects | 第45页 |
| ·Testing material and the procedure | 第45-48页 |
| ·The frame of the test paper | 第45-46页 |
| ·The content of the test paper | 第46页 |
| ·A pilot study | 第46-47页 |
| ·Sources of the items | 第47-48页 |
| ·Data collection | 第48页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第48-50页 |
| ·The criteria for correct comprehension | 第49页 |
| ·An overall comparison between the comprehension of two types of items | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ A Qualitative Approach towards Data Analysis and the Results | 第50-55页 |
| ·Metaphorical concepts and metaphor comprehension | 第50-52页 |
| ·Related knowledge and metaphor comprehension | 第52-54页 |
| ·Psychological association and metaphor comprehension | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter Ⅶ Conclusions | 第55-59页 |
| ·Findings: cultural constraints on comprehension of metaphors for EFL learners | 第55-56页 |
| ·Applications for EFL teaching and learning | 第56-57页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第57-59页 |
| References | 第59-62页 |
| Appendices | 第62-66页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ: Test Paper | 第62页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ: Answers of the test paper | 第62-64页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ: Implied meanings and sources of the items | 第64-66页 |
| A. From Bible | 第64-65页 |
| B. From Oxford Dictionary Of Current Idiomatic English (Volume 2: Phrase, Clause & Sentence Idioms) | 第65-66页 |
| C. From Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary | 第66页 |
| D. Others | 第66页 |
