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Acknowledgements
Chapter One INTRODUCTION
1.1 Significance of the Research
1.2 Structure of the Study
Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Different Approaches to Metaphor in Abroad
2.1.1 Traditional approaches to metaphor
2.1.2 Contemporary approaches to metaphor
2.2 Research Status of Metaphor at Home
2.3 Reasons for Metaphor Use
2.4 Previous Studies on Disaster News Reporting
Chapter Three THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
3.1 Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT)
3.2 Main Characteristics of Metaphor
3.2.1 Systematicity of metaphor
3.2.2 Pervasiveness of metaphor
3.2.3 Experiential basis of conceptual metaphor and cultural coherence
3.3 Classification of Conceptual Metaphors
3.3.1 Orientational or spatial metaphor
3.3.2 Ontological metaphor
3.3.3 Structural Metaphor
3.4 Working Mechanism of CMT-Cross Domain Mapping
Chapter Four ANALYSIS OF WAR AND WAR METAPHOR IN DISASTER NEWS REPORTING
4.1 Widespread Use of War Metaphor in Many Fields
4.1.1 War metaphor in the fields of economics
4.1.2 War metaphor in the field of sports news
4.1.3 War metaphor in the field of politics
4.2 Mapping Process of the Structural Metaphor Disaster Relief is War
4.2.1 Entities in domain war mapped onto the domain disaster relief
4.2.2 Relationship in domain war mapped onto the domain disaster relief
4.2.3 Features in domain war mapped onto the domain disaster relief
4.2.4 knowledge in domain war mapped onto the domain disaster relief
4.3 Main Features of War Metaphor in Disaster News Reporting
4.4 More War Metaphor Used in Chinese News than in English News
4.4.1 from the perspective of media
4.4.2 From the perspective of history
4.5 The Frequency of War Metaphors in Disaster News Reduces Over Time
Chapter Five CONCLUSION
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Implications
5.3 Limitations
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