| Declaration | 第1-4页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| List of tables | 第9页 |
| Abbreviation | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter I Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·General statement | 第10-11页 |
| ·Rationale for the current research | 第11-13页 |
| ·The motivation of the current research | 第11-12页 |
| ·Reasons for adopting a functional grammar approach | 第12-13页 |
| ·Data and approach to data analysis | 第13页 |
| ·Significance of the current research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research questions | 第14-15页 |
| ·Structure of the current thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter II Literature Review | 第16-27页 |
| ·Overview | 第16页 |
| ·Historical overview of the studies on the theory of transitivity | 第16-19页 |
| ·Application of systemic-functional grammar to the study of experiential meanings of discourses | 第19-24页 |
| ·Application of systemic-functional grammar to the study of experiential meanings in literary works | 第19-22页 |
| ·Application of systemic-functional grammar to the study of experiential meanings in news reports | 第22页 |
| ·Application of systemic-functional grammar to the study of experiential meanings in teaching materials | 第22-24页 |
| ·Previous studies on business plan writing | 第24-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter III Theoretical Framework | 第27-36页 |
| ·Overview | 第27页 |
| ·Halliday's conceptual framework | 第27-28页 |
| ·The components of transitivity | 第28-36页 |
| ·Process | 第29-34页 |
| ·Material process | 第29-31页 |
| ·Mental process | 第31页 |
| ·Relational process | 第31-33页 |
| ·Verbal process | 第33页 |
| ·Existential process | 第33-34页 |
| ·Behavioral process | 第34页 |
| ·Participants | 第34-35页 |
| ·Circumstances | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter IV Case Study | 第36-59页 |
| ·Overview | 第36页 |
| ·Background information | 第36-39页 |
| ·Analysis of sample text | 第39-57页 |
| ·Transitivity analysis | 第40-56页 |
| ·Occurrence for process types | 第41-45页 |
| ·Occurrence for main participants | 第45-49页 |
| ·Distribution of each process type attributed to main participants | 第49-56页 |
| ·Voice analysis | 第56-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter V Statistical Treatment and Data Analysis | 第59-66页 |
| ·Overview | 第59页 |
| ·Statistical results | 第59-61页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第61-64页 |
| ·Discussions | 第64-66页 |
| Chapter VI Conclusion | 第66-69页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-67页 |
| ·Implications of the current research | 第67页 |
| ·Limitations of the current study and suggestions for further research | 第67-69页 |
| References | 第69-73页 |
| Appendix | 第73-78页 |
