| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-12页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Rationale of this study | 第12-15页 |
| ·The aim and significance of the research | 第15页 |
| ·Organization of the dissertation | 第15-17页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第17-28页 |
| ·Previous power studies on courtroom discourse | 第17-21页 |
| ·Conversation analysis approach | 第17-18页 |
| ·Discourse analysis approach | 第18-19页 |
| ·Sociolinguistic approach | 第19-20页 |
| ·Critical discourse analysis approach | 第20-21页 |
| ·Previous Study of metaphor | 第21-22页 |
| ·Traditional views of metaphor | 第21页 |
| ·The rhetoric view | 第21页 |
| ·Contemporary cognitive view of metaphor | 第21-22页 |
| ·Previous Study of grammatical metaphor | 第22-28页 |
| ·Halliday's grammatical metaphor theory | 第22-23页 |
| ·Refinement, extension, and critique | 第23-28页 |
| 3 Theoretical Framework, Methodology and Data | 第28-37页 |
| ·Theoretical framework:grammatical metaphor | 第28-34页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphor:views from systemic functional linguistics | 第28页 |
| ·Shift in perspective:lexical metaphor vs. grammatical metaphor | 第28-32页 |
| ·Classification of grammatical metaphor | 第32-34页 |
| ·Methodology and data description | 第34-37页 |
| ·Methodology | 第34-35页 |
| ·Data description | 第35-37页 |
| 4 Analysis of Grammatical Metaphor in Courtroom Discourse | 第37-54页 |
| ·Ideational metaphor | 第37-46页 |
| ·Use one process to express meaning usually expressed in another process | 第39-42页 |
| ·13types of grammatical metaphor | 第42-46页 |
| ·Interpersonal metaphor | 第46-51页 |
| ·Textual metaphor | 第51-54页 |
| 5 Grammatical Metaphor as Discourse Strategies in Courtroom Discourse | 第54-65页 |
| ·Analysis of goals of speakers | 第54-57页 |
| ·Strategy as means to realize goals | 第57-59页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphor as discourse strategies to realize goals | 第59-62页 |
| ·Transitivity grammatical metaphor and textual metaphor | 第60页 |
| ·Nominalization | 第60-62页 |
| ·Interpersonal meaning and grammatical metaphor in courtroom discourse | 第62-64页 |
| ·Summary | 第64-65页 |
| 6 Conclusion | 第65-69页 |
| ·Summary | 第65页 |
| ·Implications | 第65-66页 |
| ·Suggestions for legal professionals and other participants | 第66-67页 |
| ·Limitations of this study | 第67-68页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第68-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69-80页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Convention of Transcription | 第80-81页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Table index | 第81页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Figure index | 第81页 |
