声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Research Questions
1.3 Significance of the Study
1.4 Research Methodology
1.5 Structure of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 A Review of Research on Metaphor
2.2 A Review of Research on Color Terms
2.3 Summary
Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework
3.1 Conceptual Metaphor Theory
3.2 Summary
Chapter 4 Comparison of Red Metaphors in English and Chinese from Cognitive Perspective
4.1 Similarities of Metaphorical Uses of “Red’’ in English and “红” in Chinese
4.1.1 The Emotion Domain
4.1.2 The Love Domain
4.1.3 The Disaster Domain
4.1.4 Other domains
4.2 Differences of Metaphorical Uses between ‘‘Red” in English and “红” in Chinese
4.2.1 The Emotion Domain
4.2.2 The Politics Domain
4.2.3 The Officialdom Domain
4.2.4 The Wedding Domain
4.2.5 The Economics Domain
4.2.6 The Appearance Domain
4.2.7 The Physiology Domain
4.2.8 Other Domains
4.3 Reasons for Similarities and Differences of Color Metaphors in English and Chinese
4.3.1 The Causes of Similarities
4.3.2 The Causes of Differences
4.4 Summary
Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings of the Study
5.2 Implication and Limitation of the Study
References
Appendix
Acknowledgements