| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Background of the Present Study | 第11页 |
| ·Rationale for the Present Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Aim of the Present Study | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-34页 |
| ·News Discourse and Grammatical Metaphor | 第14-22页 |
| ·Definition of News Discourse | 第14-15页 |
| ·Features of International Political News Report Discourses | 第15-16页 |
| ·Definition of Grammatical Metaphor | 第16-20页 |
| ·Congruence and Incongruence | 第20-21页 |
| ·News Discourse and Grammatical Metaphor | 第21-22页 |
| ·Nominalization | 第22-28页 |
| ·Definition of Nominalization | 第22-25页 |
| ·Types of Nominalization | 第25-28页 |
| ·Studies of Nominalization in News Reports | 第28-29页 |
| ·A Brief Survey of Several Other Approaches to Nominalization | 第29-34页 |
| ·A Structural Approach to Nominalization | 第29-30页 |
| ·A Transformational-generative Approach to Nominalization | 第30-31页 |
| ·A Cognitive Approach to Nominalization | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter Three Data Collection | 第34-42页 |
| ·Subjects, Sample Collection and Methodology | 第34-38页 |
| ·A Statistical Analysis of the Distribution of Five Types of Nominalizations | 第38-42页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Analysis | 第42-69页 |
| ·The Analysis of Ideational Functions of Nominalization | 第42-57页 |
| ·Nominalization and Semantic Expansion | 第42-48页 |
| ·Nominalization and Conciseness | 第48-53页 |
| ·Nominalization and Formality | 第53-57页 |
| ·The Analysis of Interpersonal and Textual Functions of Nominalization | 第57-69页 |
| ·Nominalization and Objectivity | 第57-62页 |
| ·Nominalization and Cohesion | 第62-69页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第69-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-75页 |
| Appendix Sample Reports | 第75-76页 |
