| ABSTRACT | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-9页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·A general introduction | 第10页 |
| ·Rationale for the present study | 第10-12页 |
| ·Research questions and significance | 第12-13页 |
| ·Data and methodology | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature review | 第16-26页 |
| ·Studies on Chinese judgments | 第16-21页 |
| ·Studies on Chinese judgments from legal perspectives | 第16-19页 |
| ·Studies on Chinese judgments from linguistic perspectives | 第19-21页 |
| ·Studies on grammatical metaphor | 第21-25页 |
| ·Definition of grammatical metaphor | 第21-23页 |
| ·Types of grammatical metaphor | 第23-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical framework | 第26-32页 |
| ·Classification of grammatical metaphor in the present study | 第26-27页 |
| ·Legal reasoning | 第27-29页 |
| ·The analytical framework | 第29-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis on types of grammatical metaphor in Chinese judgments | 第32-50页 |
| ·Identification of grammatical metaphors in Chinese judgments | 第32-45页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphors towards "Thing" | 第33-37页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphors towards "Quality" | 第37-41页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphors towards "Process" | 第41-43页 |
| ·Other types of grammatical metaphor | 第43-45页 |
| ·Findings concerning grammatical metaphors used in Chinese judgments | 第45-49页 |
| ·Findings on linguistic realization of Chinese grammatical metaphors | 第45-46页 |
| ·Findings on frequencies occurrence of grammatical metaphors in Chinese judgments | 第46-49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter 5 Analysis on functions of grammatical metaphor in legal reasoning | 第50-66页 |
| ·Functions of GM in reinforcing the objectiveness of legal reasoning | 第50-58页 |
| ·Ideational effects of grammatical metaphor | 第50-52页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphor in constructing legal facts in legal reasoning | 第52-55页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphor in interpreting applicable laws in legal reasoning | 第55-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58页 |
| ·Functions of GM in reinforcing the authoritativeness of legal reasoning | 第58-61页 |
| ·Interpersonal effects of grammatical metaphor | 第58-59页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphor in demonstrating powers | 第59-60页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphor in presenting evaluations | 第60-61页 |
| ·Summary | 第61页 |
| ·Functions of GM in reinforcing the logicality of legal reasoning | 第61-65页 |
| ·Textual effects of grammatical metaphor | 第61-62页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphor in textual development | 第62-64页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphor in syntactic construction | 第64-65页 |
| ·Summary | 第65页 |
| ·Summary | 第65-66页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第66-71页 |
| ·Summary of the present study | 第66页 |
| ·Findings | 第66-69页 |
| ·Findings on types of grammatical metaphor in Chinese judgments | 第67页 |
| ·Findings on functions of grammatical metaphor in legal reasoning | 第67-68页 |
| ·Findings on ways of using grammatical metaphor in legal reasoning | 第68-69页 |
| ·Implications | 第69页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further studies | 第69-71页 |
| References | 第71-74页 |
| Appendix List of Sample Judgments | 第74-75页 |
