| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·Research Background | 第13-14页 |
| ·Necessity and Significance of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research Purposes | 第15-16页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-30页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Metaphor of Modality | 第18-26页 |
| ·Grammatical Metaphor | 第18-19页 |
| ·Metaphor of Modality | 第19-26页 |
| ·Modality and Realizations of Modality in English and Chinese | 第19-21页 |
| ·Metaphor of Modality and Its Realization in English and Chinese | 第21-26页 |
| ·Overseas and Domestic Research on Grammatical Metaphor | 第26-30页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第30-40页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第30页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第30-40页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第40-65页 |
| ·Overall Distribution of Metaphor of Modality in English and Chinese | 第40-45页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis of Metaphor of Modality from Four Parameters | 第45-65页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis in Terms of Type | 第45-50页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis in Terms of Orientation | 第50-56页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis in Terms of Value | 第56-60页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis in Terms of Polarity | 第60-65页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第65-69页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第65-66页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第66-67页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Research | 第67-69页 |
| Works Cited | 第69-72页 |
