Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Background of the study

1.2 Rationale of the study

1.3　Purpose of the study

1.4 Methodology and data collection

1.5 Organization of the book

Chapter 2　Literature review

2.1 Grammatical metaphor

2.2 Style and stylistic value

2.3 Functional stylistics

2.4 Cognitive stylistics

2.5　Metalanguage and English metalinguistic texts

2.6 Summary

Chapter 3　Theoretical 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

Chapter 5　Interpersonal metaphor in EMTs and its stylistic 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 research

Notes

Bibliography

Appendix:The corpus of English metalinguistic texts

Index

List of Figures

Figure 2.1　The classification of grammatical metaphor

Figure 2.2　The varieties of language

Figure 2.3　The stratification of metalanguage

Figure 2.4　The typology of language in terms of reflexivity order

Figure 3.1　The two cycles of realization in the linguistic system

Figure 3.2　The Peircean concept of signs

Figure 3.3　The Peircean taxonomy of signs

Figure 3.4　Prototypicality and grammatical metaphor

Figure 3.5　The face/vase illusion

Figure 4.1 Rank-shifts in nominalization

Figure 4.2　The distribution of nominalization in the EMT corpus

Figure 4.3　The lexical density of the EMT corpus

Figure 4.4　The congruent representation of phenomena in lexicogrammar

Figure 4.5　Types of ideational metaphors

Figure 4.6　The distribution of transitivity metaphor in the EMT corpus

Figure 4.7　Transitivity metaphor,automatization,accessibility and style

Figure 5.1　The distribution of mood metaphors in the EMT corpus

Figure 5.2　The distribution of modality metaphors in the EMT corpus

Figure 5.3　The relationship between polarity and modality

Figure 5.4　The distribution of passivization in the EMT corpus

Figure 5.5　The distribution of person shifts in the EMT corpus

Figure 5.6　Upward rank-shifts in mood metaphors

Figure 5.7　The directionality of metaphoricalization in ideational metaphors

Figure 5.8　The systemic description of clause complex relations

Figure 5.9　The relationship between the three semogenic processes

Figure 6.1 The distribution of metaphorical themes in the EMT corpus

List of Tables

Table 1.1　The corpus of English metalinguistic texts

Table 3.1 The levels of language

Table 3.2　metafunctions,lexicogrammar and the context of situation

Table 3.3　Iconicity in grammatical metaphor

Table 4.1 Nominalization in the EMT corpus

Table 4.2　Lexical density of the EMT corpus

Table 4.3　Transitivity metaphors in the EMT corpus

Table 4.4　Types of relational process in EMTs

Table 5.1 Mood metaphors in the EMT corpus

Table 5.2　Primary speech functions(SF)and mood-system realizations

Table 5.3 Modality metaphors in the EMT corpus

Table 5.4 Finite verbal operators

Table 5.5　Passivization in the EMT corpus

Table 5.6　Person shifts in the EMT corpus

Table 5.7　Downgraded rank-shifts in ideational metaphors

Table 5.8　Upgraded rank-shifts in modality metaphors

Table 5.9　Opposite rank-shifts in ideational and interpersonal metaphors

Table 6.1　The mood system and unmarked themes

Table 6.2 Metaphorical thematic structures in the EMT corpus