| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-11页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第13-15页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-29页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Grammatical Metaphor | 第19-22页 |
| ·Studies on Grammatical Metaphor before Halliday | 第19-20页 |
| ·Hallidayan Grammatical Metaphor Theory | 第20-22页 |
| ·Martin's Development of Grammatical Metaphor | 第22页 |
| ·Studies on Phonetic Metaphor | 第22-24页 |
| ·Distortion and Metaphor | 第22-23页 |
| ·Initiation of Phonetic Metaphor | 第23页 |
| ·Further Studies on Phonetic Metaphor | 第23-24页 |
| ·Halliday's Initiation of the Notion of Phonological Metaphor | 第24-25页 |
| ·Veltman's Study on Phonological Metaphor | 第25-28页 |
| ·Summary | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter Three Justification of the Notion of Phonological Metaphor | 第29-38页 |
| ·Approaching Phonology in Systemic Functional Grammar | 第29-30页 |
| ·Defining the Notion of Phonological Metaphor | 第30-31页 |
| ·Justifying Phonological Metaphor | 第31-35页 |
| ·"Natural" Grammar and Phonological Metaphor | 第31-32页 |
| ·Stratification of Language and Phonological Metaphor | 第32-33页 |
| ·Meaning-making Potential and Phonological Metaphor | 第33页 |
| ·Parallelism in the Constituency of Writing and Speech | 第33-34页 |
| ·Phonological Metaphor as Features beside the Clause | 第34-35页 |
| ·Incorporating Phonological Metaphor into Grammatical Metaphor | 第35-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Four Realization and Functions of Phonological Metaphor | 第38-61页 |
| ·Phonological Hierarchy in English Language | 第38-39页 |
| ·Different Perspectives on the Choices in English Phonology | 第39-41页 |
| ·Berry's Perspective on Phonological Choices | 第39-40页 |
| ·Halliday's Perspective on Phonological Choices | 第40-41页 |
| ·Realization of Phonological Metaphor | 第41-53页 |
| ·Intonation and Phonological Metaphor | 第42-51页 |
| ·Tonality | 第42-45页 |
| ·Tonicity | 第45-48页 |
| ·Tone | 第48-51页 |
| ·Rhythm and Phonological Metaphor | 第51-53页 |
| ·Functions of Phonological Metaphor | 第53-56页 |
| ·Interpersonal Function of Phonological Metaphor | 第53-55页 |
| ·Textual Punction of Phonological Metaphor | 第55-56页 |
| ·A Case Study of the "Silver" Text | 第56-59页 |
| ·Summary | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Five Cognitive Basis of Phonological Metaphor | 第61-68页 |
| ·Iconicity and Phonological Metaphor | 第61-64页 |
| ·Prototypicality and Phonological Metaphor | 第64-66页 |
| ·Foregrounding and Phonological Metaphor | 第66-67页 |
| ·Summary | 第67-68页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第68-71页 |
| ·Summary of the Findings | 第68-69页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第69-70页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第70-71页 |
| References | 第71-74页 |
