| ABSTRACT | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Purpose of the Study | 第10页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第13-21页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies on Grammatical Metaphor | 第13-18页 |
| 2.1.1 Early Views on Grammatical Metaphor before Halliday | 第13-14页 |
| 2.1.2 Halliday's Grammatical Metaphor Theory | 第14-16页 |
| 2.1.3 Other Studies on Halliday's Grammatical Metaphor | 第16-18页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Grammatical Metaphor and English Reading | 第18-20页 |
| 2.3 Questions to Be Looked into | 第20-21页 |
| 3. Theoretical Foundations | 第21-39页 |
| 3.1 Meta-functions and the Multi-levels of Language | 第21-23页 |
| 3.2 Congruent and Metaphorical Realization | 第23-25页 |
| 3.3 Classification of Grammatical Metaphor | 第25-39页 |
| 3.3.1 Ideational Metaphor | 第26-29页 |
| 3.3.2 Interpersonal Metaphor | 第29-39页 |
| 4. The Complexity of Grammatical Metaphor | 第39-47页 |
| 4.1 Dual Semantic Feature of Grammatical Metaphor | 第39-42页 |
| 4.2 Lexical Density of Grammatical Metaphor | 第42-44页 |
| 4.3 Cognitive Efforts of Grammatical Metaphor | 第44-47页 |
| 5. Strategies of Interpreting Grammatical Metaphor in EnglishReading Comprehension | 第47-75页 |
| 5.1 Recognizing Strategies of Grammatical Metaphor | 第47-53页 |
| 5.1.1 Recognizing from the Lexicogrammatical Perspective | 第47-51页 |
| 5.1.2 Recognizing from the Semantic Perspective | 第51-52页 |
| 5.1.3 Recognizing Grammatical Metaphor Combining the above TwoStrategies | 第52-53页 |
| 5.2 Analyzing strategies of Grammatical Metaphor in English ReadingComprehension | 第53-69页 |
| 5.2.1 Analyzing Ideational Metaphor in English Reading Comprehension | 第53-61页 |
| 5.2.2 Analyzing Interpersonal Metaphor in English Reading Comprehension | 第61-69页 |
| 5.3 Implications of Grammatical Metaphor in the Teaching of English Reading | 第69-75页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第75-79页 |
| 6.1 Summary of the Study | 第75-77页 |
| 6.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第77-79页 |
| Bibliography | 第79-83页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第83-85页 |
| Publications and Research Projects | 第85页 |
