| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Background to the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第12页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-27页 |
| ·Studies in Systemic Functional Stylistics | 第14-21页 |
| ·Strata of Language | 第16-17页 |
| ·Metafunctional Theory | 第17-19页 |
| ·Situational Context | 第19-20页 |
| ·Foregrounding and Prominence | 第20-21页 |
| ·Criteria of Relevance | 第21页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Non-finite Clauses: Systemic Functional Approach | 第21-25页 |
| ·Other Approaches to Non-finite Clauses | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Basis | 第27-44页 |
| ·Criteria of Non-finite Clause Identification | 第27-37页 |
| ·Non-finite Component as Nominalization, Adjectivization, Verbal Group Complex and Embedding | 第27-30页 |
| ·Criteria of non-finite clause identification | 第30-37页 |
| ·Process-oriented | 第30-32页 |
| ·Participant-oriented | 第32-34页 |
| ·Relator-oriented | 第34-35页 |
| ·Criteria of Non-finite Clause Identification: Interpersonal | 第35-37页 |
| ·Non-finite Clause as Grammatical Metaphor | 第37-41页 |
| ·A Brief Review of Grammatical Metaphor | 第37-38页 |
| ·Non-finite Clauses as Grammatical Metaphor | 第38-41页 |
| ·Defining Stylistic Effect of Non-finite Clauses | 第41-44页 |
| Chapter Four Abstract as the Case | 第44-68页 |
| ·The Characteristics of Abstracts | 第44-45页 |
| ·Analyzing the Foregrounding of Non-finite Clauses in Academic Abstract | 第45-65页 |
| ·Analyzing Method of Stylistic Effect of Non-finite Clauses | 第45-46页 |
| ·Text Analysis of Abstracts | 第46-65页 |
| ·Summary | 第65-68页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第68-70页 |
| ·A Summarizing Overview | 第68-69页 |
| ·Limitations and Further Research to Be Explored | 第69-70页 |
| References | 第70-73页 |
