| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-9页 |
| 1.Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| 2.Literature Review | 第11-20页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Halliday's Functional Grammar | 第11-12页 |
| ·Transitivity System in Systemic-Functional Grammar | 第12-15页 |
| ·Transitivity System in Literary Discourse Analysis | 第15-16页 |
| ·Previous Analysis of The Old Man and the Sea | 第16-20页 |
| ·Hemingway and The Old Man and the Sea | 第16-17页 |
| ·Previous Analysis of the Novel | 第17-20页 |
| 3.Transitivity Analysis of The Old Man and the Sea | 第20-45页 |
| ·Analysis of Material Processes | 第21-30页 |
| ·Material Processes in the Beginning Part | 第21-24页 |
| ·Material Processes in the Development Part | 第24-26页 |
| ·Material Processes in the Climax Part | 第26-29页 |
| ·Material Processes in the Ending Part | 第29-30页 |
| ·Analysis of Relational Processes | 第30-35页 |
| ·Analysis of Mental Processes | 第35-38页 |
| ·Mental Processes in the Beginning Part | 第35-36页 |
| ·Mental processes in the Development and Climax Parts | 第36-37页 |
| ·Mental Processes in the Ending Part | 第37-38页 |
| ·Analysis of Verbal Processes | 第38-42页 |
| ·Verbal Processes in the Beginning Part | 第39-40页 |
| ·Verbal Processes in the Development and Climax Parts | 第40-42页 |
| ·Verbal Processes in the Ending Part | 第42页 |
| ·Analysis of Behavioural Processes | 第42-45页 |
| 4.Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| Bibliography | 第47-48页 |
