| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 2 A Historical Account of Metaphor Study | 第12-23页 |
| ·The Aristotelian School | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Platonic School | 第13-15页 |
| ·The 20th Century Study of Metaphor | 第15-23页 |
| ·Comparison/Substitution Theory of Metaphor | 第15-16页 |
| ·Views of Transformational-generative Grammar on Metaphor | 第16-17页 |
| ·Interaction Theory of Metaphor | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Cognitive Approach to Metaphor | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Systemic-functional Approach to Metaphor—Grammatical Metaphor | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Background—An Overview of Systemic-functional Linguistics | 第23-34页 |
| ·The Stratification of Language | 第23页 |
| ·Metafunctions of Language | 第23-25页 |
| ·Systems of Language | 第25页 |
| ·The Correlation between Metafunctions and Systems | 第25-33页 |
| ·The Correlation between Ideational Function and Transitivity System | 第25-28页 |
| ·The Correlation between Interpersonal Function and Systems of Mood and Modality | 第28-31页 |
| ·The Correlation between Textual Function and Systems of Theme and Information | 第31-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter 4 A Systemic-functional Approach to Grammatical Metaphor | 第34-46页 |
| ·A Comparison between Lexical Metaphor and Grammatical Metaphor | 第34-36页 |
| ·Ranks and Domains | 第36-37页 |
| ·Classification of Grammatical Metaphor | 第37-46页 |
| ·Ideational Grammatical Metaphor | 第37-39页 |
| ·Interpersonal Grammatical Metaphor | 第39-41页 |
| ·Textual Grammatical Metaphor | 第41-46页 |
| Chapter 5 Functions of Grammatical Metaphor in Scientific Discourse | 第46-77页 |
| ·Ideational Function of Grammatical Metaphor | 第46-57页 |
| ·Interpersonal Function of Grammatical Metaphor | 第57-71页 |
| ·Related Theories | 第57-62页 |
| ·Dialogistic Nature of Scientific Discourse | 第57-58页 |
| ·Related Theories in Pragmatics—Politeness and Face | 第58-60页 |
| ·Related Theory in Systemic-functional Linguistics—Appraisal | 第60-62页 |
| ·Metaphor of Mood | 第62-66页 |
| ·Metaphor of Interrogative Mood | 第62-63页 |
| ·Metaphor of Imperative Mood | 第63-64页 |
| ·Metaphor of Declarative Mood | 第64-66页 |
| ·Metaphor of Modality | 第66-69页 |
| ·Ideational Metaphor | 第69-71页 |
| ·Textual Function of Grammatical Metaphor | 第71-75页 |
| ·Ideational Metaphor | 第71-74页 |
| ·Textual Metaphor | 第74-75页 |
| ·Summary | 第75-77页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第77-80页 |
| ·A General Summary of the Thesis | 第77-78页 |
| ·Limitations | 第78-79页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第79-80页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第80-82页 |
| Bibliography | 第82-88页 |
| 研究成果 | 第88页 |
