| Acknowledgement | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Objective and Significance of the Research | 第11-12页 |
| ·Data Collection and Research Approaches | 第12-13页 |
| ·Overall Layout of the Research | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-22页 |
| ·Early Studies on Grammatical Metaphors | 第15-19页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Grammatical Metaphor by Scholars Abroad | 第15-17页 |
| ·Studies and Improvement by Some Chinese Scholars on Grammatical Metaphor | 第17-19页 |
| ·Early Studies on Friends and The Big Bang Theory | 第19-20页 |
| ·Early Studies on Humor | 第20-21页 |
| ·Summary | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第22-44页 |
| ·Elucidation of Congruence and Incongruence | 第22-23页 |
| ·Ideational Metaphor | 第23-34页 |
| ·Transitivity System | 第23-24页 |
| ·Transitivity Metaphorization | 第24-25页 |
| ·Realization of Ideational Metaphor | 第25-34页 |
| ·Transference between Processes | 第26-29页 |
| ·Transference within One Process | 第29-31页 |
| ·Nominalization | 第31-32页 |
| ·Ajectivization | 第32-33页 |
| ·Verbalization | 第33-34页 |
| ·Interpersonal Metaphor | 第34-38页 |
| ·Metaphors of Modality | 第35-37页 |
| ·Metaphors of Modality | 第37-38页 |
| ·Textual Metaphor | 第38-41页 |
| ·Meta-message | 第38页 |
| ·Text Reference | 第38-39页 |
| ·Internal Conjunction | 第39页 |
| ·Negotiating Structure | 第39页 |
| ·Metaphorical Theme | 第39-40页 |
| ·Metaphorical New | 第40-41页 |
| ·Exploration of the Function of Grammatical Metaphor | 第41-42页 |
| ·Discourse Conciseness Function | 第41页 |
| ·Discourse Cohesion Function | 第41-42页 |
| ·Discourse Objectivity Function | 第42页 |
| ·Discourse Quantification Function | 第42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Four A Contrastive Analysis of Grammatical Metaphor in Friends and The Big Bang Theory | 第44-58页 |
| ·Presentation of Ideational Metaphors in Friends and The Big Bang Theory | 第44-52页 |
| ·Presentation of Transitivity Metaphors by Transference across Different Processes | 第44-49页 |
| ·Presentation of Transitivity Metaphors by Transference within One Process | 第49页 |
| ·Presentation of Transitivity Metaphors by Nominalization, Adjectiviztion, Verbalization | 第49-50页 |
| ·Findings of Ideational Metaphors in Friends and The Big Bang Theory | 第50-52页 |
| ·Presentation of Interpersonal Metaphors in Friends and The Big Bang Theory | 第52-55页 |
| ·Presentation of Metaphors of Modality | 第52-54页 |
| ·Presentation of Metaphors of Mood | 第54页 |
| ·Findings of Interpersonal Metaphors in Friends and The Big Bang Theory | 第54-55页 |
| ·Presentation of Textual Metaphors in Friends and The Big Bang Theory | 第55-56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第58-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-60页 |
| ·Limitations and Advice for Future Study | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-64页 |
