| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| ·General Description of the Study | 第9页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Structure of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第11-26页 |
| ·Halliday’s Grammatical Metaphor (GM) Theory | 第11-12页 |
| ·Ideational Metaphor | 第12-18页 |
| ·Transitivity System | 第13页 |
| ·Realizations of Ideational Metaphor | 第13-18页 |
| ·Transference between Processes | 第14-16页 |
| ·Nominalization | 第16-18页 |
| ·Interpersonal Metaphor | 第18-20页 |
| ·Metaphor of Mood | 第18-19页 |
| ·Metaphor of Modality | 第19-20页 |
| ·Martin’s Study on GM | 第20-21页 |
| ·Other Scholar’s Studies on GM | 第21-24页 |
| ·Former Studies on the Inaugural Addresses of American presidents | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework and Data Collection | 第26-31页 |
| ·GM Theory | 第26-29页 |
| ·Ideational Metaphor | 第26-27页 |
| ·Interpersonal Metaphor | 第27页 |
| ·Textual Metaphor | 第27-29页 |
| ·Data collection | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Four Data Analysis and Data Description of GM used in Inaugural Addresses of Ten American Presidents | 第31-55页 |
| ·Analysis of Ideational Metaphors used in Inaugural Addresses of Ten American Presidents | 第31-40页 |
| ·Analysis of Transference between Processes | 第31-37页 |
| ·Analysis of Nominalization | 第37-40页 |
| ·Analysis of Interpersonal Metaphors used in Inaugural Addresses of Ten American Presidents | 第40-46页 |
| ·Analysis of Metaphor of Mood | 第40-42页 |
| ·Analysis of Metaphor of Modality | 第42-46页 |
| ·Analysis of Textual Metaphors used in Inaugural Addresses of Ten American Presidents | 第46-48页 |
| ·Analysis of Thematic Equative | 第47-48页 |
| ·Analysis of Predicated Theme | 第48页 |
| ·Data Description | 第48-53页 |
| ·Description of the sum of Ideational Metaphors | 第50-51页 |
| ·Description of the sum of Interpersonal Metaphor | 第51-52页 |
| ·Description of the sum of Textual Metaphor | 第52-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter five Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| ·Findings | 第55-56页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第56-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-59页 |
| 发表论文和科研情况说明 | 第59-60页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第60-61页 |