| 内容提要 | 第1-5页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Abstract | 第10-17页 |
| List of Abbreviation | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第18-22页 |
| ·The research background | 第18-20页 |
| ·The significance of the study | 第20-21页 |
| ·The organization of the thesis | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第22-43页 |
| ·Halliday’s grammatical metaphor theory | 第22-24页 |
| ·Other studies on grammatical metaphor abroad | 第24-27页 |
| ·Martin’s exploration of GM | 第25-26页 |
| ·Thompson’s idea of GM | 第26-27页 |
| ·Relevant Studies on grammatical metaphor at home | 第27-31页 |
| ·Hu Zhuanglin and his view of grammatical metaphor | 第27-28页 |
| ·Zhu Yongsheng and Yan Shiqing’s studies on grammatical metaphor | 第28-29页 |
| ·Fan Wenfang’s understanding of grammatical metaphor | 第29-31页 |
| ·Halliday’s classification of grammatical metaphor | 第31-43页 |
| ·Ideational grammatical metaphor | 第32-36页 |
| ·The selection of process type | 第32-33页 |
| ·The configuration of transitivity functions | 第33-34页 |
| ·The sequence of group-phrase classes | 第34-35页 |
| ·Nominalization | 第35-36页 |
| ·Interpersonal grammatical metaphor | 第36-43页 |
| ·Metaphors of mood | 第36-38页 |
| ·Metaphors of modality | 第38-43页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第43-47页 |
| ·Research questions | 第43页 |
| ·Subjects | 第43-44页 |
| ·Instruments | 第44-45页 |
| ·Data collection | 第45页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第47-66页 |
| ·Discussion of the test results | 第47-51页 |
| ·Distribution of GM in test paper A | 第47-48页 |
| ·Differences of the time and scores in doing test paper A and B | 第48-49页 |
| ·Relation between the frequency of GM occurrences and the difficulty of reading comprehension | 第49-51页 |
| ·Factors of GM to increase the reading difficulties | 第51-56页 |
| ·The dual/more semantic features of grammatical metaphor | 第51-53页 |
| ·Complexity of metaphorical realization | 第53-56页 |
| ·Comprehension processes of grammatical metaphor | 第56-66页 |
| ·Information transferences from the ideational GM into the congruent form | 第56-61页 |
| ·Transferences of the process type | 第57-58页 |
| ·Transferences of the configuration of transitivity functions | 第58-60页 |
| ·Transferences of the sequence of group-phrase classes | 第60-61页 |
| ·Information transferences from the interpersonal GM into the congruent form | 第61-66页 |
| ·Transferring metaphorical mood | 第61-63页 |
| ·Transferring metaphorical modality | 第63-66页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第66-69页 |
| ·The summary of the study | 第66-67页 |
| ·The implications of the study | 第67-68页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for future studies | 第68-69页 |
| References | 第69-72页 |
| Appendix I (Test paper A) | 第72-78页 |
| Appendix II (Test paper B) | 第78-84页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第84页 |
