| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| 前言 | 第10-14页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第14-17页 |
| ·The Objective of the Present Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·General Framework | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review of Emotion Studies | 第17-24页 |
| ·The Significance of the Studies on Emotion | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Definition of Emotion | 第18-19页 |
| ·A Brief Review of Various Influential Emotion Theories | 第19-24页 |
| ·Philosophical and Literary Background of the Study on Emotion | 第19-20页 |
| ·Emotion as Human Universals | 第20页 |
| ·Emotions as Monitors of Bodily Events | 第20-21页 |
| ·Emotion as Basis of Personality | 第21-22页 |
| ·Emotion as a Cognitive Appraisal | 第22页 |
| ·Emotion in an Embodied Cultural Prototypical Perspective | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Theoretical Foundations and Methodology | 第24-36页 |
| ·The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor | 第24-30页 |
| ·The Nature of the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Systematicity of Conceptual Metaphors | 第26-28页 |
| ·Experiential Basis of Metaphor | 第28-30页 |
| ·Problems Confronted by the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor | 第30页 |
| ·Metonymy | 第30-32页 |
| ·Image Schemas | 第32-33页 |
| ·Basic Emotions | 第33-34页 |
| ·Methodology | 第34-35页 |
| ·Database | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Contrastive Studies on Metaphorical Expressions of Basic Emotions between English and Chinese | 第36-65页 |
| ·The Case Study on Anger | 第36-47页 |
| ·Anger Metaphors in English | 第36-40页 |
| ·Anger Metaphors in Chinese | 第40-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Case study on Fear | 第47-53页 |
| ·Fear Metaphors in English | 第47-50页 |
| ·Fear Metaphors in Chinese | 第50-53页 |
| ·Contrastive Studies on Metaphorical Expressions of Happiness and Sadness | 第53-65页 |
| ·Happiness and Sadness Metaphors in English | 第54-59页 |
| ·Happiness and Sadness Metaphors in Chinese | 第59-65页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Motivations for the Conceptualization of Emotions between English and Chinese | 第65-73页 |
| ·Motivations for the Similarities between English and Chinese in the Conceptualization of Emotions | 第65-66页 |
| ·Motivations for the Dissimilarities between English and Chinese in the Conceptualization of Emotions | 第66-72页 |
| ·Summary | 第72-73页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Implications of the Contrastive Study | 第73-77页 |
| ·Implications of the Contrastive Study of English and Chinese Emotion Expressions | 第73-74页 |
| ·The Relationship between Metaphor and Cultural Model | 第74-77页 |
| Chapter Ⅶ Conclusions | 第77-79页 |
| Bibliography | 第79-82页 |
