| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| ·Research objectives | 第8-9页 |
| ·Data collection and analysis procedures | 第9页 |
| ·General framework of the thesis | 第9-11页 |
| 2 Brief Account of Grammatical Metaphor | 第11-31页 |
| ·Background research on the study of metaphor | 第11-12页 |
| ·From Lexical Metaphor to Grammatical Metaphor | 第12-31页 |
| ·Development in Lexical Metaphor | 第12-13页 |
| ·Hallidayan grammatical metaphor theory | 第13-31页 |
| ·Classifications of grammatical metaphor | 第18-21页 |
| ·Reclassifications of grammatical metaphor | 第21-24页 |
| ·Nominalizations in Grammatical Metaphor | 第24-26页 |
| ·Functions of grammatical metaphor | 第26-28页 |
| ·Further developments of grammatical metaphor in China | 第28-31页 |
| 3 The Language of the Law | 第31-36页 |
| ·The features of legal texts | 第31-32页 |
| ·Relevant studies | 第32-36页 |
| 4 Grammatical Metaphor in the Language of the Law | 第36-52页 |
| ·Identification of 13 types of grammatical metaphors in legal texts | 第37-43页 |
| ·Discussions on the grammatical metaphors in legal texts | 第43-52页 |
| ·Nominalization, verbalization and adjectivalization | 第43-46页 |
| ·Functions of grammatical metaphor in legal texts | 第46-48页 |
| ·Nominalization in the Features of the Language of the Law | 第48-52页 |
| 5 Summary, Conclusions and Suggested Areas for Future Researches | 第52-55页 |
| ·Summary and conclusions | 第52-53页 |
| ·Suggested areas for future researches | 第53-55页 |
| 6 Bibliography | 第55-57页 |
