| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Lists of Tables | 第10-11页 |
| List of Figures | 第11-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Literature Review | 第14-32页 |
| ·Studies of Metaphor | 第14-27页 |
| ·Rhetorical View | 第15页 |
| ·Interaction View | 第15-17页 |
| ·Conceptual View | 第17-27页 |
| ·Basic concepts related to conceptual metaphor | 第17-18页 |
| ·Nature of conceptual metaphor | 第18-19页 |
| ·Important properties of conceptual metaphor | 第19-20页 |
| ·Different kinds of conceptual metaphor | 第20-21页 |
| ·Theoretical basis of conceptual metaphor | 第21-24页 |
| ·Working mechanism of conceptual metaphor | 第24-26页 |
| ·The function of metaphor as a mode of cognition | 第26-27页 |
| ·Metaphor aad Culture | 第27-28页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Metaphor in Economic Discourse | 第28-32页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Methodology and General Analysis | 第32-38页 |
| ·Research Addressing | 第32页 |
| ·Criteria for Metaphor Identification | 第32-33页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第33-35页 |
| ·General Analyses | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ The Person Metaphor | 第38-55页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第38-41页 |
| ·The Mapping Process from the Source Domain of PERSON to the Target Domain of ECONOMY | 第41-49页 |
| ·Mapping of the entities from the PERSON domain to the ECONOMY domain | 第42-44页 |
| ·Mapping of the relationship from the PERSON domain to the ECONOMY domain | 第44-45页 |
| ·Mapping of features from the source domain to the target domain | 第45-47页 |
| ·Mapping of the inference pattern from the source domain to the target domain | 第47-49页 |
| ·Analysis of Several Subcategories of the PERSON Metaphor | 第49-55页 |
| ·The LIFE CYCLE metaphor | 第49-51页 |
| ·The HEALTH metaphor | 第51-55页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ The WAR Metaphor | 第55-67页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第55-58页 |
| ·The Mapping Process from the Source Domain WAR to the Target Domain ECONOMY | 第58-67页 |
| ·Mapping of the entities from WAR domain to the ECONOMY domain | 第59-61页 |
| ·Mapping of the relationship from WAR domain to the ECONOMY domain | 第61-62页 |
| ·Mapping of the features from WAR domain to ECONOMY domain | 第62-63页 |
| ·Mapping of the inference patterns from WAR domain to the ECONOMY domain | 第63-64页 |
| ·Focus on the differences | 第64-67页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ The JOURNEY Metaphor | 第67-78页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第67-69页 |
| ·The mapping process from the source domain JOURNEY to the target domain ECONOMY | 第69-75页 |
| ·Focus on Differences | 第75-78页 |
| Conclusion | 第78-82页 |
| Summary of Major Findings | 第78-79页 |
| Implications | 第79-80页 |
| Limitations | 第80-81页 |
| Suggestions for Further Research | 第81-82页 |
| References | 第82-86页 |
| Appendix | 第86-92页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第92-93页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第93页 |
