| Acknowledgement | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·General Statement | 第9页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第10页 |
| ·Significance of the Current Research | 第10-11页 |
| ·Data collection and research method | 第11页 |
| ·Definition of economic news | 第11-12页 |
| ·Organization of this thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第13-24页 |
| ·Early Studies of Metaphor in the General Sense | 第13-15页 |
| ·Classical Views of Metaphor | 第13-14页 |
| ·Cognitive Views of Metaphor | 第14-15页 |
| ·Early Studies on the Metaphorical Nature of Grammar | 第15-17页 |
| ·Metaphor Studies on Iconicity and Grammaticalization | 第16-17页 |
| ·Studies on Iconicity | 第16-17页 |
| ·Studies on Grammaticalization | 第17页 |
| ·Halliday's View of GM | 第17-19页 |
| ·Other researchers' contributions to the development of GM | 第19-23页 |
| ·Thompson's clarification of Halliday's GM theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·Martin's textual metaphors and logical metaphors | 第21-22页 |
| ·Fan's understanding of GM | 第22-23页 |
| ·Differentiation between metaphors and GM | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第24-31页 |
| ·Overview | 第24页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework for the Present Study | 第24-31页 |
| ·Classification of GM | 第24页 |
| ·Ideational Metaphor and Its Realization | 第24-26页 |
| ·Interpersonal metaphor and its realization | 第26-31页 |
| ·Metaphor of modality and its realization | 第26-29页 |
| ·Metaphor of mood and its realization | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 4 Data analysis | 第31-77页 |
| ·Overview | 第31-32页 |
| ·Analysis procedure | 第32页 |
| ·Sample analysis Ⅰ(news 20050408) | 第32-39页 |
| ·Interpersonal metaphor | 第32-36页 |
| ·Analysis of mood metaphor | 第32-35页 |
| ·Analysis of modality metaphor | 第35-36页 |
| ·Ideational metaphor | 第36-39页 |
| ·Selection of process type | 第36-38页 |
| ·Configuration of transitivity functions | 第38-39页 |
| ·Sample analysis Ⅱ(20050304) | 第39-45页 |
| ·Interpersonal metaphor | 第39-43页 |
| ·Analysis of mood metaphor | 第39-42页 |
| ·Analysis of modality metaphor | 第42-43页 |
| ·Ideational metaphor | 第43-45页 |
| ·Selection of process type | 第43-44页 |
| ·Configuration of transitivity functions | 第44-45页 |
| ·Sample analysis Ⅲ(20050509) | 第45-51页 |
| ·Interpersonal metaphor | 第45-48页 |
| ·Analysis of mood metaphor | 第45-48页 |
| ·Analysis of modality metaphor | 第48页 |
| ·Ideational metaphor | 第48-51页 |
| ·Selection of process type | 第49-50页 |
| ·Configuration of transitivity functions | 第50-51页 |
| ·Statistics and findings of Sample Ⅰ,Ⅱ,and Ⅲ | 第51-54页 |
| ·Statistics and findings of 30 pieces of BBC economic news | 第54-75页 |
| ·Findings of Interpersonal GM | 第57-59页 |
| ·Findings of Ideational GM | 第59-75页 |
| ·Selection of Process Type | 第59-69页 |
| ·Configuration of Transitivity Functions | 第69-72页 |
| ·Ideational GM and nominalization | 第72-75页 |
| ·Summary | 第75-77页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第77-79页 |
| ·Applications of the present study | 第77页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study | 第77-78页 |
| ·Suggestion for further study | 第78-79页 |
| References | 第79-84页 |
| Appendix | 第84-88页 |
