| 中文摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| List of Figures | 第6-8页 |
| List of Tables | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-19页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第12页 |
| 1.2 Research Purpose | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Rationales for the Present Research | 第13-16页 |
| 1.3.1 Practical Rationale | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3.2 Theoretical Rationale | 第14-16页 |
| 1.4 Methodology in the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| 1.4.1 Research Questions | 第16页 |
| 1.4.2 Qualitative Discourse Analysis | 第16-17页 |
| 1.4.3 Data Collection and Description | 第17页 |
| 1.5 Organization of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第19-49页 |
| 2.1 Overview of Multimodal Discourse Analysis | 第19-22页 |
| 2.1.1 Introduction | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.2 Multimodality, Multimodal Discourse, Multimodal Discourse Analysis | 第20-22页 |
| 2.1.3 Halliday's Systematic--Functional Linguistics | 第22页 |
| 2.2 Present Research in China and Abroad | 第22-24页 |
| 2.2.1 Present Research in China | 第22-23页 |
| 2.2.2 Present Research in Abroad | 第23-24页 |
| 2.3 Visual Grammar | 第24-34页 |
| 2.3.1 Introduction | 第24-26页 |
| 2.3.2 The Representational Meaning | 第26-28页 |
| 2.3.3. The Interactive Meaning | 第28-33页 |
| 2.3.4 The Compositional Meaning | 第33-34页 |
| 2.4 Integrative Multi-Semiotic Model (IMM) | 第34-38页 |
| 2.4.1 Introduction | 第34-36页 |
| 2.4.2 Planes of Context, Content, and Expression | 第36-37页 |
| 2.4.3 Space of Integration | 第37-38页 |
| 2.5 Zhang Delu's (2009) Framework | 第38-39页 |
| 2.6 Conceptual Metaphor Theory:Lakoff & Johnson (1980,2003) | 第39-44页 |
| 2.7 Semiotic Metaphor and Multimodal Conceptual Metaphor | 第44-48页 |
| 2.7.1 Semiotic Metaphor | 第44-46页 |
| 2.7.2 Multimodal Conceptual Metaphor | 第46-48页 |
| 2.8 Summary | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter 3 A Proposed Model for the Present Study | 第49-56页 |
| 3.1 Introduction | 第49页 |
| 3.2 Theoretical Foundations for the Proposed Model | 第49-54页 |
| 3.2.1 Framework by Kress & van Leeuwen (1996,2006) | 第49-51页 |
| 3.2.2 Framework by Lim Fei Victor (2004) | 第51-52页 |
| 3.2.3 Framework by Zhang Delu (2009) | 第52页 |
| 3.2.4 Framework by O'Halloran (1999,2003) | 第52-54页 |
| 3.3 A Proposed Model for Present Study | 第54-55页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第55-56页 |
| Chapter 4 The Multimodal Analysis of Metaphor in Political Cartoons | 第56-107页 |
| 4.1 Introduction of U.S. Presidential Election 2012 | 第56-57页 |
| 4.2 Context of Culture and Context of Situation | 第57-63页 |
| 4.3 Semiotic Metaphor in Content Plane | 第63-67页 |
| 4.4 Typography vs Graphics | 第67-71页 |
| 4.5 Meaning Realization of Content Plane and Expression Plane | 第71-91页 |
| 4.5.1 Representational Meaning of Metaphorical Cartoons | 第72-80页 |
| 4.5.2 Interactive Meaning of Metaphorical Cartoons | 第80-86页 |
| 4.5.3 Compositional Meaning of Metaphorical Cartoons | 第86-91页 |
| 4.6 The Interpretation and Construction of Metaphorical Cartoons | 第91-106页 |
| 4.7 Summary | 第106-107页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第107-109页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings and Contribution of the Present Study | 第107-108页 |
| 5.2 Limitations of the Present Research and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第108-109页 |
| Bibliography | 第109-116页 |
| Acknowledgment | 第116页 |
