| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| ·General description of the thesis | 第11页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Overall structure of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-32页 |
| ·Definition of key terms | 第13-19页 |
| ·News discourse | 第13-14页 |
| ·Congruent vs. incongruent | 第14-15页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphor (GM) | 第15页 |
| ·Nominalization | 第15-19页 |
| ·Nominalization as morphological or word-formation process | 第16-18页 |
| ·Nominalization as syntactical or grammatical process | 第18-19页 |
| ·Functional definition to nominalization | 第19页 |
| ·Theoretical framework for the present study | 第19-23页 |
| ·Transitivity system | 第19-21页 |
| ·Classification of grammatical metaphor | 第21-23页 |
| ·Review of the previous studies | 第23-32页 |
| ·Different approaches to the studies of nominalization abroad | 第23-30页 |
| ·Traditional grammar | 第23-25页 |
| ·Jespersen’s studies on nominalization | 第23-24页 |
| ·Nominalization within traditional grammar | 第24-25页 |
| ·Structural approach | 第25-26页 |
| ·Transformational grammar | 第26-28页 |
| ·Cognitive approach | 第28-30页 |
| ·Studies of nominalization at home | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three Ideational Functions of Nominalization | 第32-45页 |
| ·Transference between the congruent and incongruent | 第32-33页 |
| ·Effect of economy through nominalization | 第33-37页 |
| ·Effect of emphasis through nominalization | 第37-45页 |
| ·Intensification of logical relations through process verbs | 第37-39页 |
| ·Factualizing the uncertain information through presupposition | 第39-41页 |
| ·Highlighting the stylistic features of journalistic genre | 第41-45页 |
| Chapter Four Interpersonal Functions of Nominalization | 第45-57页 |
| ·Mood | 第45-51页 |
| ·Deletion of mood system through nominalization | 第45-51页 |
| ·Impersonalization of information | 第45-49页 |
| ·Objectivity and non-negotiability of information | 第49-51页 |
| ·Modality | 第51-57页 |
| ·Disguising the source of modality for better persuasiveness | 第51-55页 |
| ·Strengthening objectivity and factuality by concealing subjective evaluations | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Five Textual Functions of Nominalization | 第57-66页 |
| ·Better cohesion through nominalized theme and relevant TP pattern | 第57-60页 |
| ·Effect of end focus and foregrounding | 第60-63页 |
| ·Effect of end focus achieved by nominalization in information structure | 第60-61页 |
| ·Foregrounding achieved by nominalization in information flow | 第61-63页 |
| ·Rhetorical effect by nominalization at syntactical and discoursal level | 第63-66页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第66-69页 |
| ·Major findings | 第66-67页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第67-68页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions | 第68-69页 |
| References | 第69-72页 |
