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Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 A General Description of the Study
1.2 Motivation of the Study
1.3 Significance and Purpose of the Study
1.4 Methodology of the Study
1.5 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Review of Grammatical Metaphor Theory
2.1 Early Studies on the Metaphorical Nature of Grammar
2.2 Halliday's View of Grammatical Metaphor
2.2.1 Halliday's Concept of Grammatical Metaphor
2.2.2 Halliday's Initial Classification of Grammatical Metaphor
2.2.3 Halliday's New Classification of Grammatical Metaphor
2.3 Other Scholars' Contributions
2.3.1 Studies Made by Foreign Scholars
2.3.2 Studies Made by Chinese Scholars
2.4 The Application of Grammatical Metaphor Theory to Discourse Analysis
2.5 Summary
Chapter 3 Grammatical Metaphor in Conflictive Business Letters
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Data Collection and Analysis Procedures
3.3 General Analysis of Grammatical Metaphor in Conflictive Business Letters
3.4 Analysis of Ideational Metaphors in Conflictive Business Letters
3.4.1 Occurrences of Ideational Metaphors
3.4.2 Linguistic Realizations of Ideational Metaphors
3.4.3 Functions of Ideational Metaphors
3.4.4 Summary
3.5 Analysis of Interpersonal Metaphors in Conflictive Business Letters
3.5.1 Occurrences of Interpersonal Metaphors
3.5.2 Linguistic Realizations of Interpersonal Metaphors
3.5.3 Functions of Interpersonal Metaphors
3.5.4 Summary
Chapter 4 Conclusion
4.1 Summary of the Findings
4.2 Limitations and Suggestions
Bibliography
Appendix
攻硕期间取得的研究成果