| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| Background of the study | 第9-11页 |
| Rationale of the study | 第11-12页 |
| Purpose of the study | 第12-13页 |
| Significance of the study | 第13页 |
| Methodology and data collection | 第13-14页 |
| Arrangement of the thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第15-30页 |
| ·Classical view of metaphor | 第15页 |
| ·Metaphor study in the 20th century | 第15-16页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphor | 第16-22页 |
| ·The operating mechanism of ideational GM | 第17-18页 |
| ·Mechanism of nominalization transformation | 第18-20页 |
| ·The operating mechanism of interpersonal GM | 第20-22页 |
| ·Contributions of GM made by other theorists | 第22-25页 |
| ·Clarification made by Thompson about Halliday’s GM theory | 第22-23页 |
| ·Martin’s identification of textual metaphor | 第23-24页 |
| ·The present development in domestic study about GM | 第24-25页 |
| ·Halliday’s reclassification of GM | 第25-26页 |
| ·Researches on the Stylistic Value of GM | 第26-30页 |
| ·Style | 第26页 |
| ·Stylistics | 第26-27页 |
| ·Functional stylistic approach to GM | 第27-28页 |
| ·Researches on GM in LCEs and the stylistic value of GM in LCEs | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework of Research Procedures and Data Analysis | 第30-49页 |
| ·Introduction of the materials for corpus | 第30页 |
| ·Data collection and analysis | 第30-32页 |
| ·Analysis of transitivity metaphor in the chosen LCEs | 第32-41页 |
| ·Mechanism of Nominalization | 第41-45页 |
| ·Nominalization of clause | 第42页 |
| ·Nominalization of process and quality | 第42-43页 |
| ·Nominalization of circumstance | 第43-44页 |
| ·Nominalization of relator | 第44页 |
| ·Nominalization of interpersonal function | 第44-45页 |
| ·Interpersonal metaphors | 第45-49页 |
| Chapter Three Findings and Discussions on Ideational GM | 第49-73页 |
| ·Ideational metaphors in the chosen articles | 第49-61页 |
| ·Distribution patterns of ideational metaphors | 第50-55页 |
| ·Motivations and functions for transfigurations to relational process | 第55-58页 |
| ·Motivations and functions for other types of transfiguration | 第58页 |
| ·Stylistic value of transitivity GM | 第58-61页 |
| ·Nominalization in LCEs | 第61-71页 |
| ·Incongruity and deflection of nominalization in LCEs | 第62-63页 |
| ·Stylistic value of nominalization towards LCEs | 第63-68页 |
| ·Ambiguities of nominalization | 第68-70页 |
| ·How to understand nominalizations in LCEs better | 第70-71页 |
| ·Summary | 第71-73页 |
| Chapter Four Findings and Discussions on Interpersonal GM | 第73-84页 |
| ·Interpersonal GM in the investigated essays | 第73-79页 |
| ·Distribution and Mechanism of interpersonal GM | 第73-77页 |
| ·Motivation of interpersonal GM in LCEs | 第77-79页 |
| ·Values of modality | 第79-81页 |
| ·Stylistic value of interpersonal GM and of the value of modality | 第81-82页 |
| ·Summary | 第82-84页 |
| Chapter Five Summary of findings and implication for future study | 第84-89页 |
| ·Summary of findings | 第84-86页 |
| ·Implications of the investigation | 第86-87页 |
| ·Limitations of the investigation | 第87-89页 |
| Bibliography | 第89-93页 |
| AppendixI | 第93-95页 |
| Appendix II | 第95-99页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第99-100页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的学术论文目录 | 第100页 |
