| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·Research background and purpose of the study | 第10-12页 |
| ·The outline of this dissertation | 第12-13页 |
| 2. Literature Review of GM | 第13-33页 |
| ·Early studies on the metaphorical nature of grammar | 第13-15页 |
| ·Iconicity | 第14-15页 |
| ·Grammaticalization | 第15页 |
| ·Halliday'S view of GM | 第15-27页 |
| ·Lexical metaphor and GM | 第16-17页 |
| ·Congruence and incongruence | 第17-19页 |
| ·Haliday's classification of GM | 第19-27页 |
| ·Other scholars' contributions to the development of GM research | 第27-33页 |
| ·Fan's model of GM in the selection of transitivity functions | 第27-28页 |
| ·Zhu and Yan's work on prototype | 第28-29页 |
| ·Martin's and Fan's contribution to logical GM | 第29-30页 |
| ·Textual GM | 第30-33页 |
| 3. Speech Discourse | 第33-39页 |
| ·English public speaking | 第33-35页 |
| ·Language features of effective prepared public speech | 第35-37页 |
| ·Language genre | 第35-36页 |
| ·Features in linguistic aspects | 第36-37页 |
| ·Previous research on PPS | 第37-39页 |
| 4. Data Analysis and Findings of GMs in CEO Speeches | 第39-65页 |
| ·Data collection and analysis procedure | 第39-40页 |
| ·General analysis of GM occurrences in AGM CEO Speeches | 第40-41页 |
| ·Ideational GM | 第41-55页 |
| ·Experiential GM | 第41-51页 |
| ·Logical GM | 第51-55页 |
| ·Interpersonal metaphor | 第55-60页 |
| ·Explicitly objective form of modality | 第55-57页 |
| ·Explicitly subjective form of modality | 第57-59页 |
| ·Metaphors of mood | 第59-60页 |
| ·Observations on nominalizations in AGM CEO Speeches | 第60-63页 |
| ·Normalization-----the powerful resource of creating GM | 第60页 |
| ·The objectifying function of normalization | 第60-61页 |
| ·The cohesive function of normalization | 第61-63页 |
| ·Findings and discussion of textual GM | 第63-65页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第65-67页 |
| ·Discussion of the findings | 第65-66页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further research | 第66-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-70页 |
| Appendix | 第70-71页 |
