| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| Abbreviations | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1 Background for the Study | 第12页 |
| 1.2 The Rationale of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Objectives and Research Questions | 第13-14页 |
| 1.4 Methodology | 第14页 |
| 1.5 Layout of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-24页 |
| 2.1 Introduction | 第16页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Non-finite Clause and Non-finite -ing Clause | 第16-19页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies on Grammatical Metaphor | 第19-23页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Basis | 第24-36页 |
| 3.1 Introduction | 第24页 |
| 3.2 The Overview of Systemic Functional Grammar | 第24-30页 |
| 3.2.1 The ideational function | 第24-26页 |
| 3.2.2 The logical function | 第26-27页 |
| 3.2.3 The interpersonal function | 第27-28页 |
| 3.2.4 The textual function | 第28-30页 |
| 3.3 Criteria for Identifying the Non-finite Clause | 第30-34页 |
| 3.3.1 Non-finite component as Nominalization, Adjectivization, Verbal GroupComplex and Embedding | 第30-32页 |
| 3.3.2 Criteria for identifying non-finite clause--ideational | 第32-34页 |
| 3.3.3 Criteria for identifying non-finite clause--Interpersonal | 第34页 |
| 3.4 Non-finite Clauses as Grammatical Metaphor | 第34-35页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Reference, Progressing, and Analysis in the Corpus | 第36-58页 |
| 4.1 Introduction | 第36页 |
| 4.2 Data Reference: Identifying the Non-finite -ing Clause as Grammatical Metaphor byFunctional Semantic Description | 第36-41页 |
| 4.2.1 The working devices of non-finite -ing clause as grammatical metaphor | 第36-38页 |
| 4.2.2 The functional semantic description of non-finite -ing clause as GM | 第38-40页 |
| 4.2.3 Defining the three functions of non-finite -ing clause as GM | 第40-41页 |
| 4.3 Data Progressing: Identifying the Syntactic Patterns of the Qualified Non-finite -ingClause as GM with Grammatical Tags in the Corpus | 第41-45页 |
| 4.3.1 Creating the corpus using data progressing tools | 第41-43页 |
| 4.3.2 Creating the corpus query for Ant Conc 3.2.4 | 第43-45页 |
| 4.4 Data Analysis: The Syntactico-semantic Representations of Non-finite -ing Clause asGM and its Functional Distributing Features | 第45-57页 |
| 4.4.1 Simplify the analytical procedures for identifying the non-finite -ing clause asGM | 第45-48页 |
| 4.4.2 The syntactico-semantic representations of non-finite -ing clause as GM insmall corpus | 第48-52页 |
| 4.4.3 Revealing the functional distributions of non-finite -ing clause as GM and itsrelation to each group of the syntactico-semantic representation | 第52-57页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第58-62页 |
| 5.1 Introduction | 第58页 |
| 5.2 Major Findings | 第58-60页 |
| 5.2.1 The syntactico-semantic representation | 第58-59页 |
| 5.2.2 The functional distribution of non-finite -ing clause as GM in the corpus | 第59页 |
| 5.2.3 The relation between the syntactico-semantic representation of non-finite -ingclause as grammatical metaphor and its functional distribution | 第59-60页 |
| 5.3 The Implications of the Present Study | 第60-61页 |
| 5.4 The Limitations of this Study and the Suggestions for Future Study | 第61-62页 |
| References | 第62-65页 |
| Appendix: Abbreviations of grammatical tags used in the corpus query | 第65-67页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间取得的研究成果 | 第67-68页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第68-69页 |
| 附件 | 第69页 |
