| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter 1. Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| Chapter 2. Theoretical Foundation | 第17-27页 |
| ·Transitivity in traditional grammar | 第17-18页 |
| ·Differentiation from “Transitivity”in Traditional Grammar | 第18-19页 |
| ·Halliday’s views on transitivity | 第19-20页 |
| ·Types of transitivity in Hallidayan SFG | 第20-26页 |
| ·Material process | 第21-22页 |
| ·Mental process | 第22-23页 |
| ·Verbal process | 第23页 |
| ·Relational process | 第23-25页 |
| ·Existential process | 第25页 |
| ·Behavioral process | 第25-26页 |
| ·Summary of the related theories on transitivity | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter 3. Description of the Investigation on Sports News | 第27-31页 |
| ·General study on sports news text | 第27-29页 |
| ·Some essential qualities of news texts | 第27-28页 |
| ·The discourse structure of news stories | 第28-29页 |
| ·The former study of English sports news text | 第29页 |
| ·Research question | 第29页 |
| ·Data source | 第29-30页 |
| ·Method and Procedures | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter 4. Data Analysis | 第31-50页 |
| ·Transitivity type analysis of the texts from foreign newspaper | 第31-42页 |
| ·Transitivity type analysis of the texts from Chinese newspaper | 第42-47页 |
| ·Distribution of each process type in sports news texts | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter 5. Transitivity Features of Sports News in English Newspaper | 第50-57页 |
| ·Features and functions of each transitivity types in sports news text | 第50-54页 |
| ·Features and functions of material process in sports news text | 第51-52页 |
| ·Features and functions of mental process in sports news text | 第52-53页 |
| ·Features and functions of verbal process in sports news text | 第53-54页 |
| ·Features and functions of relational process in sports news text | 第54页 |
| ·Features of main participants in sports news texts | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter 6. Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-62页 |
| Appendix | 第62-67页 |
