| acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| List of Tables | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Research Background | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research Purpose and Significance | 第15-16页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第16页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-35页 |
| ·Halliday's Theory on GM | 第17-19页 |
| ·Other Scholars' Achievements to the Advancement of GM | 第19-22页 |
| ·Martin's Study on GM | 第19-20页 |
| ·Thompson's Suggestions to GM | 第20-21页 |
| ·Matthiessen's Perspectives to GM | 第21页 |
| ·Chinese Scholars' Exploration on GM | 第21-22页 |
| ·Classifcication of GM | 第22-33页 |
| ·Ideational GM | 第22-26页 |
| ·Experiential GM | 第23-24页 |
| ·Logical GM | 第24-26页 |
| ·Interpersonal GM | 第26-29页 |
| ·Metaphors of mood | 第26-28页 |
| ·Metaphors of modality | 第28-29页 |
| ·Textual GM | 第29-33页 |
| ·Meta-message Relation | 第30页 |
| ·Text Reference | 第30-31页 |
| ·Internal Conjunction | 第31页 |
| ·Negotiating Texture | 第31-32页 |
| ·Metaphorical Themes and Metaphorical News | 第32-33页 |
| ·Presentation Speech | 第33-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第35-39页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第36页 |
| ·Research Processing | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter 4 The Analysis of Grammatical Metaphor in Nobel Presentation Speeches | 第39-76页 |
| ·The Analysis of Ideational Grammatical Metaphor | 第39-59页 |
| ·Realization of Experiential Grammatical Metaphor | 第39-53页 |
| ·Realization of Logical Grammatical Metaphor | 第53-57页 |
| ·The Evaluative Function of Ideational Grammatical Metaphor in Nobel Prize Presentation Speeches | 第57-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-59页 |
| ·The Analysis of Interpersonal Grammatical Metaphor | 第59-67页 |
| ·Realization of Metaphor of Mood | 第60-61页 |
| ·Realization of Metaphor of Modality | 第61-63页 |
| ·Explicitly Subjective Forms of Modality | 第62页 |
| ·Explicitly Objective Forms of Modality | 第62-63页 |
| ·Functions of Interpersonal GM in Nobel Prize Presentation Speeches | 第63-66页 |
| ·Answering Self-posed Questions by Metaphor of Mood | 第63-64页 |
| ·Creating Impersonal Tone by Metaphor of Modality | 第64-66页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-67页 |
| ·The Analysis of Textual Grammatical Metaphor | 第67-74页 |
| ·Realization of Textual GM Nobel Presentation Speech | 第68-72页 |
| ·Cohesion and Coherence of Textual GM in Nobel Presentation Speech | 第72-74页 |
| ·Summary | 第74-76页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第76-81页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第76-80页 |
| ·Limitation and Suggestion for Further Study | 第80-81页 |
| References | 第81-83页 |