IntroducUon
Chapter 1  Metaphor as a Lens to Mind
  1.1  Metaphor as a Way of Cognition
  1.2  Metaphor’S Role in Lexical Meaning Extension
  1.3  Cross Cultural Cognitive Studies through Metaphors
  1.4  Bibliometric Analysis of Studies on Disease Metaphors
Chapter 2 Corpus-Based Comparison of Disease Metaphors in English and Chinese
  2.1  Corpus-Based Comparison of Semantic Themes of Disease Metaphors in English and Chinese
  2.2  Distribution of Typical Conceptual Metaphors in the Self-Established Corpus of China Daily and BBC News
  2.3  Further Analysis of Contradictory Themes from Two Sources
  2.4  Visualization of Key Metaphor Words in China Daily and BBC News
Chapier 3  Spatial-Temporal Cognition Analysis of Disease Metaphors in English and Chinese
  3.1  Different Disease Metaphors with“Root”in English and根in Chinese
  3.2  Corpus-Based Analysis of Disease Metaphors with Chinese and English“Root”
  3.3 Spatial-Temporal Cognition of the Word Meaning Construal Between根and“Root”
Chapter 4 Similarities and Differences in the Schematization of Disease and疾
  4.1  Space-Oriented Cognition in Chinese VS Time-Oriented Cognition in English
    4 2 Comparison of the Image Schemas of Frequent Disease Metaphors with根/Root
  4.3  Differences in Schematization of the Disease Metaphor with根and“Root”
  4.4  Sign Language Evidence for Different Perspectives in Viewing根and“Root”
Chapter 5 Social-Cultural Analysis of Differences in Expressing Causes of Diseases in English and Chinese
  5.1  Differences in Expressions for Causative Motions Between English and Chinese
  5.2  Social-Cultural Factors for Different Semantic Restraints for Causative Motions
  5.3  Force Dynamic Analysis of Causative Motions
  5.4  Summary of the Analysis of Causation and Its Implication in Understanding Causes for Disease in English and Chinese
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