| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-12页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| 2. Literature review | 第16-25页 |
| ·Classical views of metaphor | 第16-19页 |
| ·Comparison theory | 第16-17页 |
| ·Substitution theory | 第17页 |
| ·Interaction theory | 第17-19页 |
| ·Contemporary views of metaphor | 第19-22页 |
| ·Pragmatic theory | 第20页 |
| ·Conduit metaphor | 第20-21页 |
| ·Cognitive theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Chinese viewpoints on metaphor | 第22-25页 |
| 3. Description and analysis of conceptual metaphor (CM) | 第25-32页 |
| ·Definition of Conceptual Metaphors | 第25-26页 |
| ·Systemic mappings | 第26-27页 |
| ·The experiential basis of CM—motivation | 第27-29页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphors and linguistic metaphors | 第29-30页 |
| ·Conventional metaphors and novel metaphors | 第30-32页 |
| 4. Conceptual metaphors of STUDY in the Chinese language | 第32-59页 |
| ·STUDY as human body-part movement | 第32-53页 |
| ·STUDY as leg movement | 第32-37页 |
| ·STUDY as hand action | 第37-45页 |
| ·STUDY as hand and leg movement | 第45-47页 |
| ·STUDY as mouth movement | 第47-49页 |
| ·STUDY as the business of heart | 第49-52页 |
| ·STUDY as the business of head | 第52-53页 |
| ·STUDY as birds' wing movement | 第53页 |
| ·Difficulty in STUDY as impediments to motion | 第53-59页 |
| ·Difficulty as counterforce to motion | 第54页 |
| ·Difficulty as obstacles on a path | 第54-55页 |
| ·Difficulty as the fortress on a path | 第55页 |
| ·Difficulty as tigers and stones on a path | 第55页 |
| ·Difficulty as perils in navigation | 第55-56页 |
| ·Difficulty as hard terrain features of a path | 第56页 |
| ·Difficulty as bad weather on a journey | 第56-57页 |
| ·Difficulty as the dangerous terrain features of a mountain | 第57-59页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-62页 |
