| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review and Theoretical Foundation | 第12-32页 |
| ·The Concept of GM (Grammatical Metaphor) | 第12-15页 |
| ·The Concept of Interpersonal GM | 第15-28页 |
| ·The Concept of Discourse Analysis (DA) | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Relationship between Interpersonal GM and Debates | 第29-30页 |
| ·Purposes and Significance of the Study | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 3 Identification of Interpersonal GM in Political Debates | 第32-41页 |
| ·Identification of Metaphors of Modality in Political Debates | 第32-36页 |
| ·Identification of Metaphors of Mood in Politic Debates | 第36-41页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Analysis of Political Debates | 第41-50页 |
| ·The Rules of the Presidential Debate | 第42页 |
| ·Interpersonal GM in the First Bush-Kerry Presidential Debate | 第42-47页 |
| ·Frequencies of Interpersonal GM in the First Bush-Kerry Presidential Debate | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter 5 Functional Analysis of Interpersonal GM in the First Bush-Kerry Presidential Debate | 第50-70页 |
| ·Functions of Metaphors of Modality in the First Bush-Kerry Presidential Debate | 第50-58页 |
| ·Functions of Metaphors of Mood in the First Bush-Kerry Presidential Debate | 第58-66页 |
| ·Functions of Nominalization in the First Bush-Kerry Presidential Debate | 第66-68页 |
| ·A Comparison between Bush’s Speech and Kerry’s Speech | 第68-70页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第70-73页 |
| ·Major findings | 第70-71页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第71页 |
| ·Limitations | 第71-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-76页 |
| Articles Published | 第76-77页 |
| Appendix | 第77-94页 |
