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Contents Acknowledgements.....................................................................................................Ⅰ 摘要…………………………………………………………..………….….………..Ⅱ Abstract……………………………………………………......……………………. Ⅲ Contents………………...……................................................................ …………IV Chapter One Introduction……………………………………………………1 1.1 Research Background of the Study………………………………………..1 1.2 Significance of the Study……………………….….……….…………………..2 1.3 Organization of the Study…………………….…………………………………2 Chapter two Literature Review……………………….……………………. 4 Previous Studies on Grammatical Metaphor………………………………….4 Previous studies on Metaphor before Halliday………… ..4 Halliday’s Grammatical Metaphor Theory……………………………..5 Other Studies on Grammatical Metaphor………………………………5 Previous studies on Grammatical Metaphor and English Reading Comprehension……………………………………………………………8 Limitations of Previous Studies………………………………………… 10 Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations……………………………………….10 Metafunctions and the Multi-levels of Language…………………………...10 Metafunctions of Language……………………………………………12 Multi-levels of Language……………………………………………...12 The Classification of Grammatical Metaphor……………….………………13 Interpersonal Metaphor…………………………………………… 13 Ideational Metaphor………………………………………………….19 Congruent and Metaphorical Realization…………………………………...23 Factors Leading to the Complexity of Grammatical Metaphor……………..24 3.4.1 Lexical Density…………………………...………………………….24 3.4.2 Dual Semantic Feature………………………….…………………..25 3.4.3 Cognitive Efforts………………………….…………………………27 Chapter Four How to Process the Semantics of Grammatical Metaphor in Legal E n g l i s h … … … … … … … … . … … … … … … … … … … … … 29 The Recognition of Grammatical Metaphor………………………………...29 From the Lexicogrammatical Perspective…………………………….30 From the Semantic Perspective……………………………………...34 Grammatical Metaphor to Its Congruent Realization………………………35 Ideational Metaphor to Its Congruent Realization……………………35