| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-11页 |
| ·Aims of the Present Study | 第8-9页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第9页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第9页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第11-18页 |
| ·Traditional Approach to Metaphor | 第11页 |
| ·Hallidayan Approach to Grammatical Metaphor | 第11-13页 |
| ·The Subcategories of Grammatical Metaphor | 第13-15页 |
| ·Hallidayan Approach to Nominalization | 第15-17页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Business English Texts | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework and Data Collection | 第18-23页 |
| ·Revision of Ravelli's 9 General Types of Ideational Metaphor | 第18-21页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Analysis & Findings | 第23-60页 |
| ·Nominalizations at the Clausal Level | 第24-32页 |
| ·Semantic Functions ofNominalizations | 第24-28页 |
| ·Non-spatial Functions ofNominalizations | 第28-31页 |
| ·Some Deviation in Nominalized Process | 第31-32页 |
| ·Nominalization at the Textual Level | 第32-44页 |
| ·Nominalizations in Definition and Creation of Business Terms | 第32-35页 |
| ·Nominalizations in Frequent Occurrence | 第35-39页 |
| ·Thematic Value of Nominalization | 第39-41页 |
| ·Another Perspective on Non-negotiability of Nominalization | 第41-44页 |
| ·Analysis of Ideational Metaphor from the Perspective of Transitivity Transformations | 第44-49页 |
| ·The Other Three Types of Ideational Metaphor in Business Texts | 第49-51页 |
| ·Adjectivization and Verbalization | 第50-51页 |
| ·Embedded Clauses as Ideational Metaphor | 第51页 |
| ·Further Discussions | 第51-60页 |
| ·Nominalization in Sentence Generation and Translation | 第52-55页 |
| ·Application in Writing and Business Text Comprehension | 第55-57页 |
| ·Shift from Complexity to Brevity in Business English | 第57-60页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第60-64页 |
| ·Pedagogical Significance | 第60-62页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第62页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第62-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-67页 |
| Appendix | 第67-79页 |
