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1 Introduction
1.1 Motivations and Significance of This Study
1.2 Layout of This Study
2 Literature Review
2.1 Metaphor Studies at Home and Abroad
2.1.1 Literature review of metaphor studies in the west
2.1.2 Literature review of metaphor studies in China
2.2 Definitions of Proverbs
2.2.1 Definitions of proverbs given by dictionaries and scholars
2.2.2 Working definition of proverbs for this thesis
2.3 Summary
3 Theoretical Framework of This Study
3.1 Working Mechanisms of Metaphors
3.l.l Richards and Black's explanations of metaphors
3.1.2 LakofFs explanations of metaphors
3.2 Hofstede's Five Cultural Dimensions
4 Methodology of This Study
4.1 Data Collection
4. 1. 1 Source of data
4. 1.2 Criteria of selecting data
4.2 Methods of the Analysis
5 Contrastive Study
5.1 Comparative Analysis of Target Domains
5.l.1 Analysis of the data
5.1.2 Summary
5.2 Comparative Analysis of Source Domains
5.2.1 Source domains in English data
5.2.2 Source domains in Chinese data
5.2.3 Similarities and differences
5.3 Comparative Analysis of Mappings
5.3.1 Similar domains, similar meanings
5.3.2 Different domains, similar meanings
5.3.3 No counterparts in the other data
5.4 Summary
6 Conclusions
6.1 Major Findings of This Study
6.2 Limitations of This Study and Suggestions for Further Studies
Aeknowledgernents
Bibliography
Appendix