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Acknowledgements
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background of the Present Study
1.2 Rationale for the Present Study
1.3 Significance of the Present Study
1.4 Aim of the Present Study
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 News Discourse and Grammatical Metaphor
2.1.1 Definition of News Discourse
2.1.2 Features of International Political News Report Discourses
2.1.3 Definition of Grammatical Metaphor
2.1.4 Congruence and Incongruence
2.1.5 News Discourse and Grammatical Metaphor
2.2 Nominalization
2.2.1 Definition of Nominalization
2.2.2 Types of Nominalization
2.3 Studies of Nominalization in News Reports
2.4 A Brief Survey of Several Other Approaches to Nominalization
2.4.1 A Structural Approach to Nominalization
2.4.2 A Transformational-generative Approach to Nominalization
2.4.3 A Cognitive Approach to Nominalization
Chapter Three Data Collection
3.1 Subjects, Sample Collection and Methodology
3.2 A Statistical Analysis of the Distribution of Five Types of Nominalizations
Chapter Four Results and Analysis
4.1 The Analysis of Ideational Functions of Nominalization
4.1.1 Nominalization and Semantic Expansion
4.1.2 Nominalization and Conciseness
4.1.3 Nominalization and Formality
4.2 The Analysis of Interpersonal and Textual Functions of Nominalization
4.2.1 Nominalization and Objectivity
4.2.2 Nominalization and Cohesion
Chapter Five Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix Sample Report