| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第1-10页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第7-9页 |
| ·Research questions | 第9-10页 |
| CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第10-19页 |
| ·Reflections on studies of ideational function and the transitivity system | 第10-11页 |
| ·Traditional Grammar’s view on transitivity and its limitations | 第11-12页 |
| ·Halliday’s transitivity system in SFG | 第12-19页 |
| ·Types of transitivity | 第13-17页 |
| ·Evaluations | 第17-19页 |
| CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY | 第19-35页 |
| ·Data collection | 第19页 |
| ·Transitivity analysis of English & Chinese HDRs | 第19-31页 |
| ·The statistical analysis of transitivity processes | 第31-35页 |
| CHAPTER 4 RESULTS AND EXPLANATIONS OF COMPARATIVE STUDIES | 第35-42页 |
| ·Results from a comparative study of English & Chinese HDRs with transitivity | 第35-37页 |
| ·Explanations of the findings | 第37-42页 |
| ·The realization of ideational meta-function in English & Chinese HDRs | 第37-39页 |
| ·Other factors influencing the distribution of the transitivity system | 第39-42页 |
| CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION | 第42-46页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第42-44页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第44页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第44-46页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第46-48页 |
| APPENDIX | 第48-57页 |
