| Acknowledgments | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-26页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Grammatical Metaphor | 第16-22页 |
| ·Early Views on Grammatical Metaphor before Halliday | 第16-17页 |
| ·Halliday's Grammatical Metaphor Theory | 第17-19页 |
| ·Other Studies on Halliday's Grammatical Metaphor | 第19-22页 |
| ·Grammatical Metaphor and English Reading Comprehension | 第22-24页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Grammatical Metaphor and English Learning | 第22-23页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Grammatical Metaphor and English Reading Comprehension | 第23-24页 |
| ·Questions to Be Looked into | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations | 第26-40页 |
| ·Metafunctions and the Multi-levels of Language | 第26-27页 |
| ·Congruent and Metaphorical Realization | 第27-29页 |
| ·Classification of Grammatical Metaphor | 第29-40页 |
| ·Ideational Metaphor | 第29-33页 |
| ·Interpersonal Metaphor | 第33-40页 |
| Chapter Four The Complexity of Grammatical Metaphor | 第40-49页 |
| ·Dual Semantic Feature of Grammatical Metaphor | 第41-43页 |
| ·Lexical Density of Grammatical Metaphor | 第43-45页 |
| ·Cognitive Efforts of Grammatical Metaphor | 第45-49页 |
| Chapter Five Strategies of Recognizing Grammatical Metaphor in English Reading Comprehension | 第49-76页 |
| ·The Recognizing Strategies of Grammatical Metaphor | 第49-56页 |
| ·Recognizing from the Lexicogrammatical Perspective | 第49-53页 |
| ·Recognizing from the Semantic Perspective | 第53-54页 |
| ·Recognizing Grammatical Metaphor Combining the above Two Strategies | 第54-56页 |
| ·Recognizing Grammatical Metaphor in English Reading Comprehension | 第56-73页 |
| ·Recognizing Ideational Metaphor in English Reading Comprehension | 第56-63页 |
| ·Recognizing Interpersonal Metaphor in English Reading Comprehension | 第63-73页 |
| ·Enlightenment of Grammatical Metaphor in the Teaching of English Reading | 第73-76页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第76-80页 |
| ·Summary of the Study | 第76-78页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第78-79页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第79-80页 |
| References | 第80-82页 |
