| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter 1 A Literature Review of Grammatical Metaphor Study | 第13-31页 |
| ·Early Studies on the Metaphorical Nature of Grammar | 第13-14页 |
| ·Elucidation of “Congruent Form” | 第14-16页 |
| ·Halliday’s View on Grammatical Metaphor | 第16-18页 |
| ·Other Scholars’Views | 第18-21页 |
| ·Ravelli’s View on Grammatical Metaphor | 第18页 |
| ·Martin’s View on Grammatical Metaphor | 第18-19页 |
| ·Goatly’s View on Grammatical Metaphor | 第19-20页 |
| ·Hu Zhuanglin’s View on Grammatical Metaphor | 第20页 |
| ·Zhu Yongsheng and Yan Shiqing’s Views on Grammatical Metaphor | 第20页 |
| ·Fan Wenfang’s View on Grammatical Metaphor | 第20-21页 |
| ·Classification and Realization of Grammatical Metaphor | 第21-31页 |
| ·Ideational Grammatical Metaphor and Its Realization | 第22-27页 |
| ·Interpersonal Grammatical Metaphor and Its Realization | 第27-31页 |
| Chapter 2 Genre | 第31-38页 |
| ·A Working Definition of Genre by Swales | 第31-33页 |
| ·Genres Discussed in the Thesis | 第33-36页 |
| ·Communicative Purposes and Genre Features of Scientific Text | 第33-34页 |
| ·Communicative Purposes and Genre Features of News | 第34页 |
| ·Communicative Purposes and Genre Features of Business Letter | 第34-35页 |
| ·Communicative Purposes and Genre Features of Essay | 第35-36页 |
| ·Previous Studies Concerning Grammatical Metaphor in Certain Genres | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Design and Procedures | 第38-42页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第38页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第38-39页 |
| ·Analysis Procedures | 第39-40页 |
| ·Criteria of the Identification of Grammatical Metaphor Adopted in the Study | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter 4 Data-based Analyses of Grammatical Metaphors in the Four Written Genres | 第42-74页 |
| ·Quantitative Studies of Grammatical Metaphors in the Four Written Genres | 第42-47页 |
| ·A Quantitative Study of Grammatical Metaphors in Scientific Text | 第42-43页 |
| ·A Quantitative Study of Grammatical Metaphors in News | 第43-44页 |
| ·A Quantitative Study of Grammatical Metaphors in Business Letter | 第44-46页 |
| ·A Quantitative Study of Grammatical Metaphors in Essay | 第46-47页 |
| ·Detailed Analyses of Ideational Grammatical Metaphors in the Four Written Genres and a Brief Summery of the Functions | 第47-61页 |
| ·Ideational Grammatical Metaphors in Scientific Text | 第47-50页 |
| ·Ideational Grammatical Metaphors in News | 第50-53页 |
| ·Ideational Grammatical Metaphors in Business Letter | 第53-56页 |
| ·Ideational Grammatical Metaphors in Essay | 第56-58页 |
| ·Functions of Ideational Grammatical Metaphors | 第58-61页 |
| ·Detailed Analyses of Interpersonal Grammatical Metaphors in the Four Written Genres and a a Brief Summery of the Functions | 第61-70页 |
| ·Interpersonal Grammatical Metaphors in Scientific Text | 第61-62页 |
| ·Interpersonal Grammatical Metaphors in News | 第62-64页 |
| ·Interpersonal Grammatical Metaphors in Business Letter | 第64-66页 |
| ·Interpersonal Grammatical Metaphors in Essay | 第66-68页 |
| ·Functions of Interpersonal Grammatical Metaphors | 第68-70页 |
| ·A Comparative Analysis of Grammatical Metaphors in the Four Written Genres | 第70-74页 |
| ·Statistic Results | 第70-71页 |
| ·Discussion of the Results from Perspectives of Genre Features and Grammatical metaphor Functions | 第71-74页 |
| Conclusion | 第74-77页 |
| Bibliography | 第77-81页 |
| Appendices | 第81-84页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第84页 |
