| Acknowledgments | 第1-3页 |
| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第6-11页 |
| ·Research Background | 第6-7页 |
| ·Theoretical and Practical Rationale | 第7-8页 |
| ·Methodology and Research Questions | 第8-10页 |
| ·Organization of the Paper | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第11-22页 |
| ·Study of Interpreting | 第11-14页 |
| ·Development of Multimodality | 第14-18页 |
| ·Non-verbal Communication | 第18-20页 |
| ·Facial Expressions, Voice and Body Movement | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Theoretical Ground and Model Revision | 第22-33页 |
| ·Theoretical Ground of Multimodality | 第23-27页 |
| ·Social Semiotic Approach | 第23-25页 |
| ·Functional Semiotic Approach | 第25-27页 |
| ·Nonverbal Communication | 第27-29页 |
| ·Model Revision | 第29-33页 |
| Chapter IV Case Studies of Selected Press Conference | 第33-57页 |
| ·Case 1 Press Conference of Sun Haiping after Liu Xiang Quited the Games, 2008 | 第34-41页 |
| ·Case 2 Premier Wen Jiabao at press conference, 2011 and 2012 | 第41-44页 |
| ·Case 3 US President Obama at the bilateral talk with VP Xi Jinping, 2012 | 第44-46页 |
| ·Case 4 US President Barack Obama at the Press Conference on Oil Leakage, 2010 | 第46-49页 |
| ·Case 5 US Sec. of State Clinton refuting Wikileaks, 2010 | 第49-53页 |
| ·Case 6 Yao Ming at the Press Conference Announcing His Retirement, 2012 | 第53-55页 |
| ·Case 7 U.S. Sec. of State Margret Albright at a Meeting with Iraqi Officials, 1994 | 第55-57页 |
| Summary | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter V Conclusion | 第58-59页 |
| References | 第59-61页 |
