本书试图将功能文体学与认知文体学理论相结合，通过分析各种类型的语法隐喻在英语元语言语篇中的分布特征及其文体价值，回答以下三个方面的问题：(1)如何整合功能文体学和认知文体学理论，以阐释语法隐喻及其文体价值？(2)各种类型的语法隐喻在英语元语言语篇中的分布特征如何？有何文体价值？(3)如何结合语言概念功能和人际功能之间内在的张力来解释概念隐喻和人际隐喻级转移的逆向性？这种张力对语义发生和文体演变有何影响？

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前言

Abstract

Chapter 1 Introduction

 1．1 Background of the studv

 1．2 Rationale of the study

 1．3 Purpose of the study

 1．4 Methodology and data collectioI

 1．5 Organization of the book

Chapter 2 Literature review

 2．1 Grammatical metaphor

 2．2 Stvle and stylistic value

 2．3 Functional stylistics

 2．4 Cognitive stylistics

 2．5 Metalanguage and English metalinguistic texts

 2．6 Summary

Chapter 3 Theoretieai framework

 3．1 A functional stylistic perspective on grammatical metaphor

 3．2 A cognitive stylistic perspective on grammatical metaphor

 3．3 Summary

Chapter 4 Ideational metaphor in EMTs and its stylistic value

 4．1 Nominalization in EMTs and its stylistic value

 4．2 Transitivity metaphor in EMTs and its stylistic value

 4．3 Summary／145

Chapter 5 Interpersonal metalflaor in EMT and its styUstic value

 5．1 Mood metaphor in EMTs and its stylistic value

 5．2 Modality metaphor in EMTs and its stylistic value

 5．3 Passivization in EMTs and its stylistic value

 5．4 Person shift in EMTs and its stylistic value

 5．5 The ideational．interpersonal tension and its implications

 5．6 Summary

Chapter 6 Textual metaphor in EMTs and its stylistic value

 6．1 Textual metafunction and textual metaphor

 6．2 Textual metaphors in EMTs

 6．3 The stylistic value of textual metaphor

 6．4 A cognitive interpretation of textual metaphor and its stylistic value

 6．5 Summary

Chapter 7 Conclusion

 7．1 Summary of the findings

 7．2 Significance of this study

 7．3 Limitations and prospects for further researclC258

Notes

Bibliography

Appendix：The corpus of English metalinguistic texts／279

Index