| Acknowledgements | 第3-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| 摘要 | 第12-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第16-20页 |
| 1.1 Rationale of the study | 第16-17页 |
| 1.2 Objectives of the study | 第17-18页 |
| 1.3 Research questions | 第18页 |
| 1.4 Data and methodology | 第18页 |
| 1.5 Organization of the thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第20-28页 |
| 2.1 Grammatical metaphor in Systemic Functional Linguistics | 第20-25页 |
| 2.1.1 Notion of grammatical metaphor | 第20-21页 |
| 2.1.2 Earlier studies on grammatical metaphor | 第21-22页 |
| 2.1.3 Recent development in the studies of grammatical metaphor | 第22-25页 |
| 2.2 Grammatical metaphors in Cognitive Linguistics | 第25-27页 |
| 2.2.1 Grammatical metaphor and conceptual metaphor | 第25-26页 |
| 2.2.2 Grammatical metaphor and cognitive grammar | 第26页 |
| 2.2.3 Construction metaphor and conceptual blending theory | 第26-27页 |
| 2.3 Problems in the existing studies | 第27页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundation | 第28-37页 |
| 3.1 Lakoff & Johnson’s conceptual metaphor theory | 第28-29页 |
| 3.1.1 Experiential basis | 第28-29页 |
| 3.1.2 Semantic domains | 第29页 |
| 3.1.3 Unidirectional mapping | 第29页 |
| 3.2 Construal in cognitive grammar | 第29-32页 |
| 3.2.1 Specificity | 第30页 |
| 3.2.2 Perspective | 第30-31页 |
| 3.2.3 Profile | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2.4 Mental scanning | 第32页 |
| 3.3 Conceptual blending theory | 第32-33页 |
| 3.4 Grammatical metaphor as a cognitive construct | 第33-36页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter 4 Conceptualizations in Grammatical Metaphor | 第37-61页 |
| 4.1 Congruent and metaphorical variants | 第37-38页 |
| 4.2 Conceptualizations in ideational metaphors | 第38-39页 |
| 4.3 Cognitive mappings from sequences to figures | 第39-41页 |
| 4.3.1 RELATIONS ARE ENTITIES | 第39-40页 |
| 4.3.2 RELATIONS ARE EVENTS | 第40页 |
| 4.3.3 RELATIONS ARE ATTRIBUTES | 第40-41页 |
| 4.3.4 RELATIONS ARE CIRCUMSTANCES | 第41页 |
| 4.4 Cognitive mappings between figures | 第41-45页 |
| 4.4.1 EVENTS ARE ENTITIES | 第41-42页 |
| 4.4.2 EVENTS ARE MENTAL ACTIVITIES | 第42-43页 |
| 4.4.3 ATTRIBUTES ARE ENTITIES | 第43-44页 |
| 4.4.4 MENTAL ACTIVITIES ARE ENTITIES | 第44页 |
| 4.4.5 SAYING IS AN EVENT | 第44-45页 |
| 4.5 Cognitive mappings from figures to elements | 第45-47页 |
| 4.5.1 EVENTS ARE ENTITIES | 第45-46页 |
| 4.5.2 EVENTS ARE ATTRIBUTES | 第46-47页 |
| 4.6 Cognitive mappings between elements | 第47-50页 |
| 4.6.1 ATTRIBUTES ARE ENTITIES | 第47页 |
| 4.6.2 CIRCUMSTANCES ARE ENTITIES | 第47-48页 |
| 4.6.3 CIRCUMSTANCES ARE ATTRIBUTES | 第48-49页 |
| 4.6.4 CIRCUMSTANCES ARE EVENTS | 第49-50页 |
| 4.7 Conceptualization of metaphors of mood | 第50-55页 |
| 4.7.1 Cognitive mappings onto interrogative domain | 第51-53页 |
| 4.7.2 Cognitive mappings onto imperative domain | 第53-54页 |
| 4.7.3 Cognitive mappings onto declarative domain | 第54-55页 |
| 4.8 Conceptualizations in metaphors of modality | 第55页 |
| 4.9 Cognitive mappings from elements to figures | 第55-59页 |
| 4.9.1 PROBABILITY IS MENTAL ACTIVITY | 第55-56页 |
| 4.9.2 PROBABILITY IS RELATION | 第56-57页 |
| 4.9.3 USUALITY IS MENTAL ACTIVITY | 第57-58页 |
| 4.9.4 USUALITY IS RELATION | 第58页 |
| 4.9.5 OBLIGATION IS MENTAL ACTIVITY | 第58页 |
| 4.9.6 OBLIGATION IS RELATION | 第58-59页 |
| 4.10 Cognitive mappings from figures to elements | 第59页 |
| 4.11 Cognitive mappings between elements | 第59-60页 |
| 4.12 Summary | 第60-61页 |
| Chapter 5 Perspective and Linguistic Construal of Grammatical Metaphor | 第61-76页 |
| 5.1 Specificity and grammatical metaphor | 第61-64页 |
| 5.1.1 Specificity and ideational metaphors | 第61-62页 |
| 5.1.2 Specificity and interpersonal metaphors | 第62-64页 |
| 5.2 Perspective and grammatical metaphor | 第64-72页 |
| 5.2.1 Perspective and ideational metaphors | 第64-65页 |
| 5.2.2 Perspective and interpersonal metaphors | 第65-72页 |
| 5.3 Profile and ideational metaphors | 第72-74页 |
| 5.3.1 Construal of circumstances | 第72-73页 |
| 5.3.2 Construal of sequences | 第73-74页 |
| 5.4 Mental scanning and ideational metaphors | 第74-75页 |
| 5.4.1 Mental scanning and Nominalization | 第74-75页 |
| 5.4.2 Mental scanning and Adjectivization | 第75页 |
| 5.5 Summary | 第75-76页 |
| Chapter 6 Conceptual Blending in Grammatical Metaphor | 第76-94页 |
| 6.1 Conceptual Blending in ideational metaphors | 第76页 |
| 6.2 Transference from sequences to figures | 第76-82页 |
| 6.2.1 Transference from relator to entity | 第77-78页 |
| 6.2.2 Transference from relator to event | 第78-79页 |
| 6.2.3 Transference from relator to attribute | 第79-80页 |
| 6.2.4 Transference from relator to circumstance | 第80-82页 |
| 6.3 Transference between figures | 第82-85页 |
| 6.3.1 Transference from Material to Existential | 第82-83页 |
| 6.3.2 Transference from Material to Mental | 第83-84页 |
| 6.3.3 Transference from Relational to Existential | 第84-85页 |
| 6.3.4 Transference from Mental to Existential | 第85页 |
| 6.4 Other transferences | 第85页 |
| 6.5 Conceptual blending and metaphors of mood | 第85-91页 |
| 6.5.1 Conceptual blending of question | 第85-87页 |
| 6.5.2 Conceptual blending of command | 第87-89页 |
| 6.5.3 Conceptual blending of statement | 第89-91页 |
| 6.6 Conceptual blending and metaphors of modality | 第91-93页 |
| 6.6.1 Transference from elements to figures | 第91-93页 |
| 6.6.2 Transference from figures to elements | 第93页 |
| 6.6.3 Transference between elements | 第93页 |
| 6.7 Summary | 第93-94页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第94-97页 |
| 7.1 Major findings of the study | 第94-95页 |
| 7.2 Implications of the study | 第95-96页 |
| 7.3 Suggestions for future study | 第96-97页 |
| Bibliography | 第97-99页 |
