| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Previous studies on Interpersonal Metaphor | 第11-12页 |
| ·General aims | 第12-13页 |
| ·General framework | 第13-17页 |
| Chapter Two A Brief Account of Interpersonal Metaphor Theory | 第17-30页 |
| ·An overview of Halliday’s Grammatical Metaphor Theory | 第17-23页 |
| ·An overview of Halliday’s Grammatical Metaphor Theory | 第17-21页 |
| ·Grammatical Metaphor and Lexical Metaphor | 第21-22页 |
| ·Contributions of Grammatical Metaphor Theory | 第22-23页 |
| ·Interpersonal Metaphor Theory | 第23-27页 |
| ·Metaphor of Mood | 第24-25页 |
| ·Metaphor of Modality | 第25-26页 |
| ·Congruent and Metaphorical realizations | 第26-27页 |
| ·Development of Halliday’s Interpersonal Metaphor Theory | 第27-28页 |
| ·“1985\1994 Mode” | 第27页 |
| ·“1999 Mode” | 第27-28页 |
| ·Problems with Interpersonal Metaphor Theory | 第28-30页 |
| ·Projection | 第28页 |
| ·Tag question | 第28-29页 |
| ·Social dimension | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Three The Dialogical Nature of Language | 第30-38页 |
| ·The theoretical origin of the dialogical nature of language | 第30-32页 |
| ·The connotation of “Logos” | 第30页 |
| ·Two images of language | 第30-31页 |
| ·Five stages of dialogicity | 第31-32页 |
| ·Research on the dialogical nature of language in linguistics | 第32-36页 |
| ·Jakobson on the dialogical nature of language | 第33-34页 |
| ·Emile Benveniste on the subjectivity of language | 第34-35页 |
| ·Grice on the dialogical nature of language | 第35-36页 |
| ·dialogical nature of language and Interpersonal Meta-function | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Four Contribution of Interpersonal Metaphor Theory to the study on the Dialogical Nature of Language | 第38-47页 |
| ·Interpersonal Metaphor and Palmer’s research on modality | 第38-41页 |
| ·Two traditions in linguistics | 第38-39页 |
| ·“From meaning to form”versus“from form to meaning” | 第39-41页 |
| ·Interpersonal Metaphor and Speech Act Theory | 第41-43页 |
| ·Mood metaphor and speech function | 第41-42页 |
| ·Mood metaphor and Illocutionary Act | 第42-43页 |
| ·Interpersonal Metaphor and Bakhtin’s Theory of Dialogue | 第43-47页 |
| ·Two meta-linguistic approaches | 第43页 |
| ·Common ground: social dimension | 第43-44页 |
| ·Halliday’s research on the nature and ontogenesis of dialogue | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter Five Interpersonal Metaphor in light of the dialogical nature of language | 第47-53页 |
| ·Interpersonal Metaphor and social reality | 第47-48页 |
| ·Interpersonal Metaphor and Intersubjectivity of language | 第48-50页 |
| ·The dynamics of language | 第50-51页 |
| ·Interpersonal Metaphor in light of dialogical nature of language | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第53-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第53页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第53-54页 |
| ·Suggestions for further studies | 第54-55页 |
| References | 第55-57页 |
