| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in English | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter I Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter II Theoretical Preliminaries | 第11-19页 |
| ·Transitivity | 第11-13页 |
| ·Metaphors of Transitivity | 第13-15页 |
| ·Rankshifting | 第15-19页 |
| Chapter III The Transitivity Perspective in the Study of Textual Metaphor | 第19-27页 |
| ·The Possibility of the Transitivity Perspective | 第20-23页 |
| ·Rankshifting from Clause to Figure | 第23-25页 |
| ·From Clause Complex to Figure | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter IV Different Textual Functions of the Transitivity Perspective | 第27-37页 |
| ·Strengthening the Subjectivity of the Text but not the Objectivity | 第27-28页 |
| ·Bi-semantic Function but not mono-semantic | 第28-29页 |
| ·Different Cohesive Device with the Other Perspectives | 第29-37页 |
| Chapter V Conclusion | 第37-40页 |
| Bibliography | 第40-44页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第44页 |
