| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Research Background | 第12-14页 |
| ·Purposes and Significance of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research Design | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two A Review of GM Theory and Journalistic Discourse | 第17-46页 |
| ·Some Observations on the Metaphorical Nature of Grammar | 第17-19页 |
| ·Halliday's GM Theory | 第19-29页 |
| ·Lexical metaphor and grammatical metaphor | 第20-21页 |
| ·Halliday's original ideas about GM | 第21-22页 |
| ·Halliday's classification of GM | 第22-28页 |
| ·Halliday's development of GM | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Studies on GM Following Halliday's | 第29-39页 |
| ·Other systemic-functional linguists' views of GM | 第30-35页 |
| ·Ravelli's view of GM | 第30-31页 |
| ·Martin's view of GM | 第31-32页 |
| ·Matthessen's position on GM | 第32页 |
| ·Goatly and GM | 第32-33页 |
| ·Thompson and GM | 第33-34页 |
| ·Comments on the studies on GM | 第34-35页 |
| ·GM redefined under the framework of a systemic-functional approach | 第35-39页 |
| ·The multi-level of language and realization | 第35-36页 |
| ·Congruent and incongruent realizations | 第36-37页 |
| ·Ranks and domains in the systemic-functional grammar | 第37-38页 |
| ·A tentative definition of GM | 第38-39页 |
| ·Journalistic Discourse | 第39-46页 |
| ·General features of journalistic discourse | 第39-42页 |
| ·Previous studies on journalistic discourse | 第42-44页 |
| ·An awareness of relationship between GM and journalistic discourse | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Three Research and Major Findings | 第46-63页 |
| ·Research Method | 第46-47页 |
| ·Data Collection and Research Procedures | 第47-48页 |
| ·A Statistic Analysis of the Distribution of GMs in English and Chinese Journalistic Discourse | 第48-54页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第54-63页 |
| ·Identification of GM in the present data | 第55-56页 |
| ·Similarities of GM in English and Chinese journalistic discourse | 第56-60页 |
| ·Differences of GM in English and Chinese journalistic discourse | 第60-63页 |
| Chapter Four Discussion of the Findings | 第63-92页 |
| ·Linguistic Aspects | 第63-88页 |
| ·Functions of ideational GM | 第63-79页 |
| ·Referring function | 第64-67页 |
| ·Expanding function | 第67-70页 |
| ·Condensing function | 第70-71页 |
| ·Discursive function | 第71-75页 |
| ·Ideological function | 第75-78页 |
| ·Optimalizing function | 第78-79页 |
| ·Functions of interpersonal GM | 第79-88页 |
| ·Functions of metaphors of mood | 第79-83页 |
| ·Achieving some special effects | 第80-82页 |
| ·Conveying implication | 第82-83页 |
| ·Functions of metaphors of modality | 第83-88页 |
| ·Highlighting subjectivity | 第85-87页 |
| ·Creating objectivity | 第87-88页 |
| ·Stylistic Perspective | 第88-90页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第90-92页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第92-94页 |
| Bibliography | 第94-98页 |
| Appendices | 第98-103页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第103页 |
