| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-10页 |
| Abstract in English | 第10-20页 |
| Introduction | 第20-25页 |
| 0．1 The aim of the study | 第20-21页 |
| 0．2 Review of literature and statement of problem | 第21-22页 |
| 0．3 Methodology | 第22-23页 |
| 0．4 Data | 第23页 |
| 0．5 Preview | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter One: An Overview of Transitivity Metaphor | 第25-41页 |
| 1．1 The function of language and its transparency | 第25-26页 |
| 1．2 The origin, cause and development of metaphor | 第26-27页 |
| 1．3 Theories of metaphor | 第27-32页 |
| 1．4 Multi-level system and realization | 第32-33页 |
| 1．5 Transitivity and transitivity metaphor | 第33-35页 |
| 1．6 Departure point of the study of transitivity metaphorization | 第35-37页 |
| 1．7 Transitivity metaphorization and its stylistic effect | 第37-40页 |
| 1．8 Summary | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter Two: Transference of Different Processes | 第41-57页 |
| 2．1 Introduction | 第41-42页 |
| 2．2 Other processes metaphorized into material process | 第42-51页 |
| 2．2．1 Mental process metaphorized into material process | 第42-45页 |
| 2．2．2 Relational process metaphorized into material process | 第45-48页 |
| 2．2．3 Metaphorization from behavioral process to material process | 第48-49页 |
| 2．2．4 Metaphorization from existential process to material process | 第49-50页 |
| 2．2．5 Metaphorization from verbal process to material process | 第50-51页 |
| 2．3 Other types of metaphorization from process A to process B | 第51-55页 |
| 2．3．1 Metaphorization from existential process to verbal process | 第51-52页 |
| 2．3．2 Metaphorization from existential process to behavioral process | 第52页 |
| 2．3．3 Metaphorization from mental process to relational process | 第52-53页 |
| 2．3．4 Metaphorization from existential process to behavioral process | 第53页 |
| 2．3．5 Metaphorization from material process to mental process | 第53-55页 |
| 2．4 Summary | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Three: Transitivity Metaphor: Nominalization | 第57-74页 |
| 3．1 What is nominalization | 第57-59页 |
| 3．2 Features of nominalization: lexical density and grammatical intricacy | 第59-62页 |
| 3．3 Stylistic effect of nominalization | 第62-73页 |
| 3．3．1 Thematic connection | 第62-67页 |
| 3．3．2 Encapsulation | 第67-70页 |
| 3．3．3 Conciseness | 第70-72页 |
| 3．3．4 Syntactic ambiguity | 第72-73页 |
| 3．4 Summary | 第73-74页 |
| Chapter Four: Miscellaneous Types of Transitivity Metaphor | 第74-85页 |
| 4．1 Introduction | 第74页 |
| 4．2 Transitivity metaphorization: displacement of participants and circumstantial elements | 第74-77页 |
| 4．3 Rankshift and hyperbole | 第77-80页 |
| 4．3．1 Rankshift | 第77-78页 |
| 4．3．2 Rankshift and hyperbole | 第78-80页 |
| 4．4 Adjectivization | 第80-82页 |
| 4．5 Verbalization | 第82-83页 |
| 4．5．1 From noun to verb | 第82页 |
| 4．5．2 From adjective to verb | 第82-83页 |
| 4．5．3 From adverb to verb | 第83页 |
| 4．6 Summary | 第83-85页 |
| Chapter Five: Transitivity Metaphorization and Style | 第85-99页 |
| 5．1 Introduction | 第85页 |
| 5．2 Transitivity metaphor and stylistic texture | 第85-90页 |
| 5．2．1 Scientific discourse | 第85-86页 |
| 5．2．2 discourse of history | 第86-88页 |
| 5．2．3 Table of contents | 第88-89页 |
| 5．2．4 Abstracts of academic writing | 第89-90页 |
| 5．3 Transitivity metaphor and register | 第90-94页 |
| 5．3．1 Transitivity metaphorization and field | 第90-91页 |
| 5．3．2 Transitivity metaphorization and tenor | 第91-93页 |
| 5．3．3 Transitivity metaphorization and mode | 第93-94页 |
| 5．4 Transitivity metaphor and the stylistic cohesion | 第94-95页 |
| 5．5 Transitivity metaphor and ideology | 第95-97页 |
| 5．6 Summary | 第97-99页 |
| Conelusion | 第99-101页 |
| Bibliography | 第101-106页 |
