| Acknowledgments | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research Question and Significance | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Method | 第13-14页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-25页 |
| ·Previous Studies on News and Newspapers | 第15-19页 |
| ·Classifications and Linguistic Features of News | 第16-17页 |
| ·Reviews on Newspapers | 第17-19页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Identity and National Identity | 第19-22页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Identity | 第19-21页 |
| ·Previous Studies on National Identity | 第21-22页 |
| ·Approaches to identity construction | 第22-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第25-38页 |
| ·Three Metafunctions in Systemic Functional Linguistics | 第25-26页 |
| ·Theories on Multimodal Discourse Analysis | 第26-35页 |
| ·Overview of Multimodal Discourse Analysis | 第26-28页 |
| ·Kress and van Leeuwen's Visual Grammar | 第28-33页 |
| ·Studies on Inter-semiotic Relations | 第33-35页 |
| ·A MDA Descriptive Framework Proposed for the Present Study | 第35-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Four National Identity in American Newspapers:A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of News Reports on the Success of Obama's Reelection | 第38-61页 |
| ·Sample 1 "Obama again swings states for the second time" | 第39-46页 |
| ·Analysis of Ideational Meaning in Image and Verbiage | 第40-41页 |
| ·Analysis of Interactive Meaning in Image and Verbiage | 第41-43页 |
| ·Analysis of Compositional Meaning in Image and Verbiage | 第43-45页 |
| ·Meaning Integration between Image and Language and National Identity | 第45-46页 |
| ·Sample 2 "Divided U.S. gives Obama more time" | 第46-52页 |
| ·Analysis of Ideational Meaning in Image and Verbiage | 第46-48页 |
| ·Analysis of Interpersonal Meaning in Image and Verbiage | 第48-50页 |
| ·Analysis of Compositional Meaning in Image and Verbiage | 第50-51页 |
| ·Meaning Integration between Image and Language and National Identity | 第51-52页 |
| ·Sample 3 "Obama wins a second term" | 第52-58页 |
| ·Analysis of Ideational Meaning in Image and Verbiage | 第53-55页 |
| ·Analysis of Interpersonal Meaning in Image and Verbiage | 第55-57页 |
| ·Analysis of Compositional Meaning in Image and Verbiage | 第57-58页 |
| ·Meaning Integration between Image and Language and National Identities | 第58页 |
| ·General Discussion | 第58-59页 |
| ·Summary | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第61-62页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第62-63页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第63-64页 |
| References | 第64-68页 |
| Appendix | 第68-74页 |
