| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Concept of Nominalization | 第12-13页 |
| ·Problems and Objectives | 第13页 |
| ·An Overview of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-27页 |
| ·Introduction | 第15页 |
| ·Jespersen’s Study on Nominalization | 第15-18页 |
| ·Nominalization within the Framework of Transformational Grammar | 第18-21页 |
| ·Nominalization within the Framework of Systemic-Functional Grammar | 第21-24页 |
| ·Cognitive Approach to Nominalization | 第24-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three The Theoretical Basis of Nominalization in Systemic-Functional Grammar | 第27-44页 |
| ·An overview of Systemic-Functional Grammar | 第27-31页 |
| ·An Introduction to Scale and Category Grammar | 第27-28页 |
| ·An Introduction to Systemic Grammar | 第28页 |
| ·An Introduction to Functional Grammar | 第28-31页 |
| ·An Introduction to Grammatical Metaphor | 第31-40页 |
| ·Related Study on Grammatical Metaphor | 第31-33页 |
| ·Lexical Metaphor and Grammatical Metaphor | 第33-34页 |
| ·Grammatical Metaphor in Systemic-Functional Grammar | 第34-40页 |
| ·Metaphorical and Congruent | 第35-36页 |
| ·Types of Grammatical Metaphor | 第36-40页 |
| ·Nominalization as a Type of Grammatical Metaphor in SFG | 第40-44页 |
| ·Lexical Nominalization | 第40-41页 |
| ·Clausal Nominalization | 第41-44页 |
| ·Nominal Clause | 第42页 |
| ·Infinitive | 第42-43页 |
| ·Gerund | 第43-44页 |
| Chapter Four Functions of Nominalization | 第44-54页 |
| ·The Ideational Functions of Nominalization | 第44-47页 |
| ·Nominalization and Experiential Perception | 第44-46页 |
| ·Descriptive Function of Nominalization | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Interpersonal Functions of Nominalization: Objectivity | 第47-50页 |
| ·The Textual Functions of Nominalization | 第50-54页 |
| ·Nominalization and Information Structure | 第50-52页 |
| ·Nominalization and Cohesion | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Five Changes in Ideational Meaning of Nominalizati | 第54-63页 |
| ·The Unity of Process and Participant | 第56-57页 |
| ·Relationalization of Process | 第57-58页 |
| ·Abstraction of the Ideational Meaning | 第58-60页 |
| ·Objectivity in Semantics | 第60-61页 |
| ·Explicitness of Logical Meaning | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第63-65页 |
| Appendix A Text Adopted from Analysis | 第65-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-71页 |
