| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-18页 |
| 1.1 Background to the Study | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1.1 Explanation of Key Notions: Field, Tenor, Mode, Modality, Multimodality | 第12-13页 |
| 1.1.2 Motivations for Studying Genre | 第13-14页 |
| 1.1.3 Motivation for Studying Multimodality | 第14-15页 |
| 1.1.4 Motivation for Conducting a Genre-based Analysis of Ruanwen on Social Media | 第15-16页 |
| 1.2 Objectives of the Research or Research Questions | 第16-17页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第18-36页 |
| 2.1 Genre Studies: from Unimodal to Multimodal | 第18-25页 |
| 2.1.1 Traditions of Genre Definition | 第18-21页 |
| 2.1.2 Traditional Genre Studies in SFL Approach | 第21-24页 |
| 2.1.3 Definition of Genre in the Current Research | 第24-25页 |
| 2.2 Studies on Multimodality | 第25-30页 |
| 2.2.1 Approaches to Multimodality | 第25-27页 |
| 2.2.2 Studies on Visual Multimodal Discourses in SFL Approach | 第27-29页 |
| 2.2.3 Research Scope and Approach of Multimodality in Current Research | 第29-30页 |
| 2.3 Defining Ruanwen | 第30-36页 |
| 2.3.1 Chronological Review of the Development of Ruanwen | 第30-32页 |
| 2.3.2 Past Studies on Ruanwen | 第32-34页 |
| 2.3.3 Definition of Ruanwen in Current Research | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第36-49页 |
| 3.1 Systemic Functional Linguistic---Metafunctions | 第36-38页 |
| 3.2 Visual Cultural Theory | 第38-44页 |
| 3.2.1. Defining Visual Representation in Current Research | 第39-40页 |
| 3.2.2. Theory of Visual Grammar | 第40-44页 |
| 3.2.3. Theory of Visual Conventions | 第44页 |
| 3.3. Theory of Intersemiotic Complementarity | 第44-45页 |
| 3.4. The Framework for Current Research | 第45-49页 |
| Chapter 4 A Case Study | 第49-71页 |
| 4.1. Data and Methodology | 第49-50页 |
| 4.2. Background Information of FRs on Social Media | 第50-52页 |
| 4.2.1. Characteristics of Social Media | 第50-51页 |
| 4.2.2. Disciplinary Characteristics of Fitness | 第51页 |
| 4.2.3. Readers of FRs | 第51-52页 |
| 4.3. Procedures | 第52-65页 |
| 4.3.1. Preparation Work | 第52-55页 |
| 4.3.2. Collecting and Analyzing the Data | 第55-65页 |
| 4.4. Results and Discussion | 第65-71页 |
| 4.4.1. Proportion of Each Mode in Selected Multimodal FRs | 第65-66页 |
| 4.4.2. Proportion of Spatial Relations of Both Language and Visual Images | 第66-68页 |
| 4.4.3. Metafunctional Realizations of Both Language and Visual Images | 第68-69页 |
| 4.4.4. Realizations of Field, Tenor and Mode in Both Linguistic and Visual Modes | 第69-71页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第71-75页 |
| 5.1. Summary of This Study | 第71-73页 |
| 5.1.1. Building a New Integrated Analytical Model | 第71-72页 |
| 5.1.2. Revealing Generic Features of Multimodal FRs on Social Media in China | 第72-73页 |
| 5.1.3. Other Findings | 第73页 |
| 5.2. Possible Significance and Limitations of Current Research | 第73-74页 |
| 5.3. Directions for Further Research | 第74-75页 |
| References | 第75-82页 |
