| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter 1. Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| Chapter 2. Literature Review | 第16-26页 |
| ·A general framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics | 第16-21页 |
| ·Applications of SFL in Stylistic analysis | 第21-24页 |
| ·Background knowledge of O Henry and his work The Cop and the Anthem | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter 3. A Metafunctional Analysis | 第26-45页 |
| ·Ideational Analysis: Transitivity system | 第26-35页 |
| ·Analysis of the first major part of The Cop and the Anthem | 第26-30页 |
| ·Analysis of the second major part of The Cop and the Anthem | 第30-33页 |
| ·Analysis of the third part of The Cop and the Anthem | 第33-35页 |
| ·Interpersonal Analysis: Mood and Modality | 第35-40页 |
| ·Interrelationship analysis between Soapy and the cop | 第36-37页 |
| ·Interrelationship analysis between Soapy and the waiter | 第37-38页 |
| ·Interrelationship analysis between Soapy and a woman | 第38-39页 |
| ·Interrelationship analysis between Soapy and a man with an umbrella | 第39-40页 |
| ·Textual Analysis: Thematic structure | 第40-45页 |
| Chapter 4. Analysis from Other Aspects | 第45-56页 |
| ·Analysis at the level of the situations—semiotic system: context | 第45-50页 |
| ·field | 第46页 |
| ·tenor | 第46-48页 |
| ·mode | 第48-50页 |
| ·Analysis of patterning of text | 第50-56页 |
| Chapter 5. Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-64页 |
