| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter Two Review of Nominalization Study: A Historical Account | 第10-24页 |
| ·Early Study: Jesperson’s Research into Nominalization | 第10-12页 |
| ·Transformational-generative Approach to Nominalization | 第12-13页 |
| ·Systemic-functional Approach to Nominalization | 第13-24页 |
| ·Introduction to Grammatical Metaphor | 第13-17页 |
| ·Nominalization in Grammatical Metaphor | 第17-24页 |
| ·Nature of Nominalization | 第18-20页 |
| ·Classification of Nominalization | 第20-22页 |
| ·Functions of Nominalization | 第22页 |
| ·Comments on Nominalization Analysis in GM | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Review of Relevance Theory | 第24-35页 |
| ·Definition of Relevance | 第24-26页 |
| ·Relevance and Cognition | 第26-27页 |
| ·Relevance and Communication | 第27-35页 |
| Chapter Four Relevance-theoretic Approach to Nominalization in GM | 第35-55页 |
| ·Theoretic Basis for Application | 第35-37页 |
| ·Relevance-theoretic Account of Nominalization in GM | 第37-54页 |
| ·Relevance-theoretic Account of Nominalization in Clause | 第37-41页 |
| ·Relevance-theoretic Account of Nominalization in Text | 第41-47页 |
| ·Textual Nominalization in Cohesion Theory | 第41-43页 |
| ·Textual Nominalization in Relevance Theory | 第43-47页 |
| ·Relevance-theoretic Account of Nominalization in Relation to Register | 第47-54页 |
| ·Nominalization in Relation to Technical Registers | 第48-51页 |
| ·Nominalization in Relation to Non-technical Registers | 第51-54页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第55-59页 |
| ·A General Summary | 第55-56页 |
| ·Implications and Prospect | 第56-59页 |
| References | 第59-62页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第62页 |
