| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第10-13页 |
| ·The Reasons for the Present Study | 第10-12页 |
| ·An Overview of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第13-27页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundation | 第13-21页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphor and nominalization | 第13-17页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition | 第17-20页 |
| ·Transitivity | 第20-21页 |
| ·Previous Studies | 第21-26页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Political News Discourse | 第21-23页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Pragmatic Presupposition | 第23-24页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Nominalization and Pragmatic Presupposition | 第24-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Three METHODOLOGY | 第27-30页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第27-28页 |
| ·Research Subjects and Data Collection | 第28页 |
| ·Research Methods | 第28-29页 |
| ·Procedures | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Four RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第30-60页 |
| ·The Ways of Nominalization Realizing Pragmatic Presupposition in the Political News | 第30-46页 |
| ·The Ways of Nominalization Realizing Pragmatic Presupposition in the Material Process | 第30-33页 |
| ·The Ways of Nominalization Realizing Pragmatic Presupposition in the Mental Process | 第33-38页 |
| ·The Ways of Nominalization Realizing Pragmatic Presupposition in the Relational Process | 第38-41页 |
| ·The Ways of Nominalization Realizing Pragmatic Presupposition in the Verbal Process | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Ways of Nominalization Realizing Pragmatic Presupposition in the Behavioral Process | 第43-44页 |
| ·The ways of Nominalization Realizing Pragmatic Presupposition in the Existential Process | 第44-46页 |
| ·The Frequency of Clauses of Different Processes Being Nominalized | 第46-52页 |
| ·The Effects of Nominalization Realizing Pragmatic Presupposition in the Political News | 第52-60页 |
| ·Thingness of Nominalization’s Pragmatic Presupposition in Material Process | 第52-53页 |
| ·Abstraction of Nominalization’s Pragmatic Presupposition in Mental Process | 第53-55页 |
| ·Condensation of Nominalization’s Pragmatic Presupposition in Relational process | 第55-56页 |
| ·Fuzziness of Nominalization’s Pragmatic Presupposition in Verbal Process | 第56-57页 |
| ·Abstraction of Nominalization’s Pragmatic Presupposition in Behavioral Process | 第57-58页 |
| ·Thingness of Nominalization’s Pragmatic Presupposition in Existential Process | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第60-63页 |
| ·Review of this Study | 第60-61页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第61-62页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第62页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第62-63页 |
| References | 第63-66页 |
| Appendix I Collected Data | 第66-71页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的论文 | 第71-72页 |
