| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Figures and Tables | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| ·General statement | 第10-11页 |
| ·Basics for the thesis | 第11-15页 |
| ·Motivation | 第11-12页 |
| ·Reasons for adopting grammatical metaphor | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance of the current research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Questions to be answered | 第14-15页 |
| ·Methodology and data collection | 第15-16页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature review | 第17-35页 |
| ·General statement | 第17页 |
| ·Review of studies on legislative discourse | 第17-23页 |
| ·Studies on legislative discourse by overseas scholars | 第17-20页 |
| ·Studies on legislative discourse by domestic scholars | 第20-23页 |
| ·Review of studies on grammatical metaphor | 第23-33页 |
| ·Studies on grammatical metaphor by overseas scholars | 第24-31页 |
| ·Halliday's view on grammatical metaphor | 第24-26页 |
| ·Martin's view on grammatical metaphor | 第26-28页 |
| ·Thompson's view on grammatical metaphor | 第28-30页 |
| ·Goatly's view on grammatical metaphor | 第30-31页 |
| ·Revelli's view on grammatical metaphor | 第31页 |
| ·Studies on grammatical metaphor by domestic scholars | 第31-33页 |
| ·General statement on the current research situation of grammatical metaphor | 第33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical framework | 第35-42页 |
| ·General statement | 第35页 |
| ·An overview of grammatical metaphor | 第35-39页 |
| ·Categorization of grammatical metaphor in the current research | 第39-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of grammatical metaphor in English contract law | 第42-76页 |
| ·General statement | 第42页 |
| ·Language, law and grammatical metaphor | 第42-43页 |
| ·Identification of grammatical metaphors in English contract law | 第43-57页 |
| ·Nominalization:grammatical metaphors toward "Thing" | 第43-50页 |
| ·Adjectivization:grammatical metaphors toward "Quality" | 第50-54页 |
| ·Verbalization:grammatical metaphors toward "Process" | 第54-56页 |
| ·Prepositionalization:Grammatical metaphors toward "Circumstance" | 第56-57页 |
| ·Findings on grammatical metaphors in English contract law | 第57-66页 |
| ·Findings on the distribution pattern of grammatical metaphor in English contract law | 第57-63页 |
| ·Findings on the stylistic effects of grammatical metaphor in English contract law | 第63-66页 |
| ·Functions of grammatical metaphor in English contract law | 第66-74页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphor as a resource for constructing authoritativeness | 第66-69页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphor as a resource for constructing objectiveness | 第69-71页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphor as a resource for constructing compactness | 第71-74页 |
| ·Further implication | 第74-75页 |
| ·Summary | 第75-76页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第76-81页 |
| ·General statement | 第76页 |
| ·Summary of the findings | 第76-79页 |
| ·Findings on identification of grammatical metaphor in English contract law | 第77页 |
| ·Findings on stylistic implications of grammatical metaphor in English contract law | 第77-78页 |
| ·Findings on functions of grammatical metaphor in English contract law | 第78-79页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further research | 第79-81页 |
| Bibliography | 第81-86页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第86页 |
