| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·General Framework of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-25页 |
| ·Brief Review of Metaphor Study | 第12-15页 |
| ·Early studies of metaphor in the general sense | 第12-14页 |
| ·Metaphor Study from the Cognitive Perspective | 第14-15页 |
| ·Systemic-functional Approach to the Study of Metaphor | 第15-19页 |
| ·Congruent and Incongruent | 第15-16页 |
| ·Grammatical Metaphor | 第16-19页 |
| ·Different Aspects of GM | 第19-25页 |
| ·Ideational Metaphor | 第19-21页 |
| ·Interpersonal Metaphor | 第21-22页 |
| ·Textual Metaphor | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第25-29页 |
| ·Research Design | 第25-26页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第26页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Four Major Findings | 第29-42页 |
| ·Textual Functions of GM | 第29-36页 |
| ·Textual Functions of Cohesion | 第29-31页 |
| ·Textual Functions of Economy and Objectivity | 第31-33页 |
| ·Textual Functions of Vividness and Precision | 第33-35页 |
| ·Hypothesis on Correlation between GM and English Writing | 第35-36页 |
| ·Correlations between GM and Quality of English Writings | 第36-42页 |
| ·The Displacement of GM in Different Levels of English Writings | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Relevance between GM and the Quality of English Writings | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Degree of Influence that GM Impacts on English Writings | 第38-39页 |
| ·GM and the Quality of English Writings | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion and Implications for English Teaching | 第42-46页 |
| ·Reflection on Major Findings | 第42-43页 |
| ·Implications for English Teaching | 第43-44页 |
| ·Limitations | 第44-45页 |
| ·Further Research | 第45-46页 |
| Bibliography | 第46-49页 |
| Appendixes | 第49-52页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表论文及研究成果 | 第52页 |
