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Introduction
Chapter 1 A Literature Review of Grammatical Metaphor Study
1.1 Early Studies on the Metaphorical Nature of Grammar
1.2 Elucidation of “Congruent Form”
1.3 Halliday's View on Grammatical Metaphor
1.4 Other Scholars' Views
1.4.1 Ravelli's View on Grammatical Metaphor
1.4.2 Martin's View on Grammatical Metaphor
1.4.3 Goatly's View on Grammatical Metaphor
1.4.4 Hu Zhuanglin's View on Grammatical Metaphor
1.4.5 Zhu Yongsheng and Yan Shiqing's Views on Grammatical Metaphor
1.4.6 Fan Wenfang's View on Grammatical Metaphor
1.5 Classification and Realization of Grammatical Metaphor
1.5.1 Ideational Grammatical Metaphor and Its Realization
1.5.2 Interpersonal Grammatical Metaphor and Its Realization
Chapter 2 Genre
2.1 A Working Definition of Genre by Swales
2.2 Genres Discussed in the Thesis
2.2.1 Communicative Purposes and Genre Features of Scientific Text
2.2.2 Communicative Purposes and Genre Features of News
2.2.3 Communicative Purposes and Genre Features of Business Letter
2.2.4 Communicative Purposes and Genre Features of Essay
2.3 Previous Studies Concerning Grammatical Metaphor in Certain Genres
Chapter 3 Research Design and Procedures
3.1 Research Questions
3.2 Data Collection
3.3 Analysis Procedures
3.4 Criteria of the Identification of Grammatical Metaphor Adopted in the Study
Chapter 4 Data-based Analyses of Grammatical Metaphors in the Four Written Genres
4.1 Quantitative Studies of Grammatical Metaphors in the Four Written Genres
4.1.1 A Quantitative Study of Grammatical Metaphors in Scientific Text
4.1.2 A Quantitative Study of Grammatical Metaphors in News
4.1.3 A Quantitative Study of Grammatical Metaphors in Business Letter
4.1.4 A Quantitative Study of Grammatical Metaphors in Essay
4.2 Detailed Analyses of Ideational Grammatical Metaphors in the Four Written Genres and a Brief Summery of the Functions
4.2.1 Ideational Grammatical Metaphors in Scientific Text
4.2.2 Ideational Grammatical Metaphors in News
4.2.3 Ideational Grammatical Metaphors in Business Letter
4.2.4 Ideational Grammatical Metaphors in Essay
4.2.5 Functions of Ideational Grammatical Metaphors
4.3 Detailed Analyses of Interpersonal Grammatical Metaphors in the Four Written Genres and a Brief Summery of the Functions
4.3.1 Interpersonal Grammatical Metaphors in Scientific Text
4.3.2 Interpersonal Grammatical Metaphors in News
4.3.3 Interpersonal Grammatical Metaphors in Business Letter
4.3.4 Interpersonal Grammatical Metaphors in Essay
4.3.5 Functions of Interpersonal Grammatical Metaphors
4.4 A Comparative Analysis of Grammatical Metaphors in the Four Written Genres
4.4.1 Statistic Results
4.4.2 Discussion of the Results from Perspectives of Genre Features and Grammatical Metaphor Functions
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendices
Acknowledgements
