| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| ·Research Background | 第8页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第8-10页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第10-12页 |
| 2. Literary Review and Theoretical Framework | 第12-30页 |
| ·The Study of Nominalization Abroad and at Home | 第12-19页 |
| ·Studies of Nominalization Abroad | 第12-18页 |
| ·Studies of Nominalization at Home | 第18-19页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework | 第19-30页 |
| ·Nominalization | 第19-23页 |
| ·Nominalization in Grammatical Metaphor | 第23-30页 |
| 3. Research Design | 第30-32页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第30页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第30-32页 |
| 4. Data Analysis and Discussion | 第32-50页 |
| ·Main Functions of Nominalization | 第32-39页 |
| ·Nominalization to Achieve Economy | 第32页 |
| ·Nominalization to Achieve Impersonalization | 第32-33页 |
| ·Nominalization to Achieve Objectivity | 第33-34页 |
| ·Nominalization to Achieve Cohesion | 第34-36页 |
| ·Nominalization to Achieve Conciseness | 第36-37页 |
| ·Nominalization to Achieve Formality | 第37-39页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis of Nominalization between Technological and Political News Discourses | 第39-43页 |
| ·The Percentage of Nominalization in Technological and Political News Discourses | 第39-40页 |
| ·Discussion of Functions of Nominalization | 第40-43页 |
| ·Discussion of the Possible Reasons for the Use of Nominalization | 第43-50页 |
| ·Intralinguistic Factors | 第43-46页 |
| ·Extralinguistic Factors | 第46-50页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第50-54页 |
| ·Major findings | 第50-51页 |
| ·Implications | 第51页 |
| ·Limitations | 第51-54页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第54-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-60页 |
| Appendix | 第60-61页 |
