| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Purpose and significance of the study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Layout of the thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-24页 |
| ·Previous studies on grammatical metaphor | 第16-21页 |
| ·Pre-Hallidayan studies on grammatical metaphor | 第16-17页 |
| ·Hallidayan grammatical metaphor theory | 第17-18页 |
| ·Other studies on grammatical metaphor at home and abroad | 第18-21页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphor and accessibility | 第21-23页 |
| ·Previous studies on accessibility | 第21-22页 |
| ·Previous studies on the accessibility of grammatical metaphor | 第22-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第24-35页 |
| ·The multi-levels of language | 第24-25页 |
| ·Congruent and incongruent realization | 第25-27页 |
| ·Classification of grammatical metaphor | 第27页 |
| ·Systemic functional analysis of the accessibility of grammatical metaphor | 第27-34页 |
| ·Cognitive efforts and accessibility | 第28页 |
| ·Lexical density and accessibility | 第28-30页 |
| ·Rank-shift and accessibility | 第30-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter Four Accessibility of Grammatical Metaphor | 第35-63页 |
| ·Accsessibility of ideational metaphor | 第35-45页 |
| ·Ideational metaphor: Definition and classification | 第35-41页 |
| ·Accessibility of experiential metaphor | 第41-43页 |
| ·Accessibility of logical metaphor | 第43-45页 |
| ·Accessibility of interpersonal metaphor | 第45-55页 |
| ·Interpersonal metaphor: Definition and classification | 第45-51页 |
| ·Accessibility of mood metaphor | 第51-53页 |
| ·Accessibility of modality metaphor | 第53-55页 |
| ·Accessibility of textual metaphor | 第55-62页 |
| ·Textual metaphor: Definition and classification | 第55-59页 |
| ·Accessibility of textual metaphor | 第59-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-63页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第63-66页 |
| ·Summary of the present study | 第63-64页 |
| ·Implications of the present study | 第64页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions | 第64-66页 |
| References | 第66-68页 |
