| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·The research background | 第9-11页 |
| ·Aims and significance of this research | 第11-12页 |
| ·Data collection and analysis procedures | 第12-13页 |
| ·Organization of this thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature review of the study of metaphor history | 第14-19页 |
| ·Classification of metaphor | 第14页 |
| ·The research work on metaphor in western countries and China | 第14-19页 |
| ·The research work on metaphor in China | 第14-16页 |
| ·The research work on metaphor in western countries | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical framework:Halliday’s interpersonal metaphor theory | 第19-29页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphor and lexical metaphor | 第19-20页 |
| ·Categories of grammatical metaphor | 第20页 |
| ·The congruent forms and the metaphorical forms | 第20-21页 |
| ·Halliday’s interpersonal metaphor theory | 第21-28页 |
| ·Metaphors of mood | 第21-25页 |
| ·The mood elements and the speech functions | 第21-23页 |
| ·Realization of metaphors of mood | 第23-25页 |
| ·Metaphors of modality | 第25-28页 |
| ·Two variants concerning the realization of modality | 第25-26页 |
| ·The realization of metaphors of modality | 第26-28页 |
| ·Interpersonal metaphors and interactive communication | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter 4 An exploration of metaphors of mood in A Beautiful Mind | 第29-46页 |
| ·A brief introduction of A Beautiful Mind | 第29-30页 |
| ·The statistics of interpersonal metaphors in A Beautiful Mind | 第30-31页 |
| ·Discussion: Interpersonal metaphors of mood in A Beautiful Mind | 第31-46页 |
| ·Tag question mood metaphors in A Beautiful Mind. | 第31-35页 |
| ·Mood metaphors of implicit type in A Beautiful Mind. | 第35-46页 |
| ·Interrogative mood to realize different speech functions | 第36-41页 |
| ·Declaratives to realize different speech functions | 第41-44页 |
| ·Imperatives to realize questions | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter 5 Discussion: Metaphors of modality in A Beautiful Mind | 第46-53页 |
| ·Metaphors of modality at phrase level | 第47-49页 |
| ·Metaphors of modality at clause level | 第49-53页 |
| ·To express objectivity | 第49-50页 |
| ·To express subjectivity | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第53-56页 |
| ·Summary of this research | 第53-54页 |
| ·Limits of this thesis | 第54-55页 |
| ·Future Suggestions | 第55-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-57页 |
| 发表论文和研究情况说明 | 第57-58页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第58-59页 |