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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
List of Table and Charts
Chapter 1 General Introduction
1.1 Purposes and Significance of the Study
1.2 Research Approaches
1.3 Structure of the Thesis
1.4 Data Collection
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Definitions Involved in This Study
2.1.1 News Headlines
2.1.2 Conceptual Metaphor
2.1.3 Cognitive Mechanism
2.2 Research on Metaphor Abroad
2.2.1 Traditional View on Metaphor Abroad
2.2.2.Cognitive View on Metaphor
2.3.Research on Metaphor in China
2.4.Research on Conceptual Metaphor in News Headlines both at Home and Abroad
Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework
3.1 Introduction to Conceptual Metaphor Theory
3.2 Main Features of Conceptual Metaphor
3.3 Classification of Conceptual Metaphor
3.3.1 Orientation Metaphors
3.3.2 Ontological Metaphors
3.3.3 Structural Metaphors
3.4 Cognitive Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor
3.4.1 Main Components of Cognitive Mechanism
3.4.2 Cognitive Features of Conceptual Metaphors
3.4.3 Mapping Process of Conceptual Metaphor
3.5 The Relationship between Conceptual Metaphor and News Headlines
3.5.1 The Co-existence Relationship between Conceptual Metaphor and News Headlines
3.5.2 The Enlightenment to the Study of News Headlines from Cognitive View on Metaphor
Chapter 4 Comparison of Cognitive Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphors in Chinese and English News Headlines
4.1 Comparison of the Basic Elements of Cognitive Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphors in Chinese and English News Headlines
4.1.1 Comparison of the Source Domain Concepts that Mapped onto the Target Domain in Chinese and English News Headlines
4.1.2 Comparison of the Frequency of Source Domain Concepts
4.2 Comparison of the Mapping Process in Chinese and English Metaphorical News Headlines
4.2.1 Similarities
4.2.2 Differences
4.3 Comparison of the Linguistic Representations of Cognitive Mechanism Metaphorical Chinese and English News Headlines
4.3.1 Similarities
4.3.2 Differences
Chapter 5 Conclusion
5.1 Findings
5.2 Implications
5.3 Limitations
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