声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Research Purpose and Significance
1.3 Creativity of Present Study
Chapter Two Literature Review and Theories
2.1 Literature Review
2.1.1 Traditional Approach to Metapho
2.1.2 Previous Study on Grammatical Metaphor
2.2 Theoretical Foundation
2.2.1 Metafunctions of Language
2.2.2 The Notion of Grammatical Metaphor
2.2.3 Congruent and Incongruent Realizations
2.2.4 The Recognition of Ideational Metaphor
2.2.5 A Revised Classification of Ideational Metaphor
2.2.6 Style and Stylistic Value
Chapter Three Data Collection
3.1 Description of Sample Prose Text
3.1.1 Definition and Classification of Prose
3.1.2 Description of Target Texts and Data Collection
3.1.3 Clause as the Foundation of Study
3.2 Data Description
Chapter Four Nominalization as the Major Type of Ideational Metaphor in Prose
4.1 General Pattern of Nominalization in English Prose
4.2 Characteristics of Nominalization in Classic English Prose
4.2.1 Dominance of Transformation from Process to Entity
4.2.2 Transformation from Quality to Entity
4.2.4 Transformation within the Transitivity System
4.2.5 Grammatical Metaphor Syndrome
4.2.6 Summary
4.3 Stylistic Value of Nominalization in English Prose
4.3.1 Information Condensation
4.3.2 Information Deduction
4.3.3 Non-negotiability and Objectification
4.3.4 Reconstruction of Human Experience
4.3.5 Thematic Value and Foregrounding Effect
4.3.6 Alienation and Artistie Texture
4.4 Stylistic Value of Nominalization
Chapter Five Minor Types of Ideational Metaphor in Prose
5.1 General Pattern of Minor Types of Ideational Metaphor in Selected Prose Texts
5.2 Analysis of Minor Types of Ideational Metaphor in Selected Prose Texts
5.2.1 Vrerbalization in Selected Prose Texts
5.2.2 Adjectivition in Selected Prose Texts
5.2.3 Embedded Clause as Ideational Metaphor in Selected Prose Texts
5.3 Stylistic Value of Minor Types of Ideational Metaphor
Chapter Six Conclusion
6.1 Summary on Findings
6.2 Significance of Present Study
6.3 Limitation of Present Study
Bibliography
Acknowledgement
Articles Published during MA Study