声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Chapter One Introduction
1．1 Research Background
1．2 Purpose and Significance of the Research
1．3 Structure of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2．1 Previous Studies on News Report
2．1．1 Studies on News Report Abroad
2．1．2 Studies on News Report at Home
2．2 Previous Studies on Metaphor
2．2．1 Studies on Metaphor Abroad
2．2．2 Studies on Metaphor at Home
2．3 Previous Studies on Metaphor in News Report
2．3．1 Studies on Metaphor in News Report Abroad
2．3．2 Studies on Metaphor in News Report at Home
2．4 Summary
Chapter Three Theoretical Framework
3．1 Conceptual Metaphor Theory
3．1．1 Definition
3．1．2 Working Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor
3．1．3 Classification of Conceptual Metaphor
3．1．4 Main Features of Conceptual Metaphor
3．2 Idealized Cognitive Model
3．3 Summary
Chapter Four Research Design
4．1 Research Questions
4．2 Iksearch Methods
4．3 Data Collection
4．4 Research Procedure
4．5 Summary
Chapter Five A Comparative Analysis of Conceptual Metaphors in English and Chinese Rio Olympic Sports News Headlines
5．1 Brief Description and Analysis of the Data
5．2 Typical Conceptual Metaphors in Sports News Headlines
5．2．1 WAR Metaphor
5．2．2 JOURNEY Metaphor
5．2．3 PERFORMANCE Metaphor
5．2．4 NATURE Metaphor
5．2．5 BUSINESS Metaphor
5．2．6 DREAM Metaphor
5．2．7 ANIMAL Metaphor
5．2．8 SCHOOL Metaphor
5．2．9 LOVE Metaphor
5．2．10 UP／DOWN Metaphor
5．2．11 CONTAINER Metaphor
5．2．12 PERSONIFICATION
5．2．13 CULTURE-SPECIFIC Metaphor
5．3 Similarities of“Sports”Conceptualization
5．3．1 Similarities in Metaphoric Mappings
5．3．2 Similarities in Image-schematic Models
5．3．3 Motivations for Simila rities Based on ICM
5．4 Differences of“Sports”Conceptualization
5．4．1 Differences in Metaphoric Mappings
5．4．2 Differences in Image-schematic Models
5．4．3 Motivations for Differences Based on ICM
5．5 Summary
Chapter Six Conclusion
6．1 Major Findings
6．2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
