声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Study Motivation and Meaning
1.2 Writing Structure of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Metaphor Studies in History
2.1.1 The Aristotelian views
2.1.2 The Roman Scholars’ views
2.2 Metaphor Studies in the Contemporary
2.2.1 The Interactional Theory
2.2.2 The Pragmatic Theory
2.2.3 The Cognitive Theory
2.3 Former Metaphor Researches in Financial Discourse
2.4 Theoretical Fundaments
2.4.1 Conceptual Metaphor Theory
2.4.2 The Philosophical Approach
2.4.3 Major Features of Conceptual Metaphor
Chapter 3 Research Methodology
3.1 Research Method
3.2 Data Collection
3.3 Data Calculation
Chapter 4 Comparative Analysis and Discussion
4.1 The Overall Data Analysis
4.2 The Specific Description of Conceptual Metaphors
4.2.1 Economy as Up or Down Motion
4.2.2 Economy as Humankind
4.2.3 Economy as Journey
4.2.4 Economy as Liquid
4.2.5 Economy as War
4.2.6 Economy as Temperature
4.2.7 Economy as Container
4.2.8 Economy as Construction
4.2.9 Economy as Plant
4.2.10 Economy as Machine
4.2.11 Economy as Suffering
4.2.12 Economy as Performance
4.2.13 Economy as Competition
4.2.14 Economy as Animal
4.2.15 Economy as Gamble
Chapter 5 Conclusion and Findings
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Research Significance
5.3 Research Limitations
Bibliography
Acknowledgements