| Acknowledgements | 第3-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| 1.1 The Background of the Research | 第13-15页 |
| 1.2 The Objective of the Present Research | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 Research Method and Data Collection | 第16-17页 |
| 1.4 The Significance of the Research | 第17页 |
| 1.5 The Organization of the Research | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-33页 |
| 2.1 Key Notions of Multimodal Metaphor | 第19-25页 |
| 2.1.1 Metaphor | 第19-22页 |
| 2.1.2 Mode | 第22-23页 |
| 2.1.3 Multimodal metaphor | 第23-25页 |
| 2.2 The Trinity Property of Multimodal Metaphor | 第25-27页 |
| 2.3 Review of Studies on Multimodal Metaphor | 第27-30页 |
| 2.3.1 The Study of Multimodal Metaphor Abroad | 第27-29页 |
| 2.3.2 The Study of Multimodal Metaphor at Home | 第29-30页 |
| 2.4 Previous Researches of Multimodal Metaphors in Cartoon Films | 第30-31页 |
| 2.5 Summary | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework of the Research | 第33-55页 |
| 3.1 Idealized Cognitive Model (ICM) | 第33-36页 |
| 3.2 Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第36-44页 |
| 3.2.1 Definition of CMT | 第37-40页 |
| 3.2.2 Source Domain and Target Domain | 第40-41页 |
| 3.2.3 Image Schema | 第41-42页 |
| 3.2.4 Mapping | 第42-43页 |
| 3.2.5 Properties of CMT | 第43-44页 |
| 3.3 Working Mechanism of Multimodal Metaphor | 第44-47页 |
| 3.4 Classification of Multimodal Metaphor Based on CMT | 第47-52页 |
| 3.4.1 Multimodal Metaphor between Single Modes | 第47-50页 |
| 3.4.2 Multimodal Metaphors between Multiple Modes in Multimodal Metaphor | 第50-52页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第52-55页 |
| Chapter Four An Analysis of the Multimodal Metaphors in the Cartoon Film Wall-E | 第55-73页 |
| 4.1 A Brief Introduction to the Multimodal Metaphors in Wall-E | 第55-58页 |
| 4.1.1 A Brief Introduction to Wall-E | 第55-56页 |
| 4.1.2 The Distributions and Frequency of the Multimodal Metaphors in Wall-E | 第56-58页 |
| 4.2 TheAnalysis of the Multimodal Metaphors between Single Modes in Wall-E | 第58-63页 |
| 4.2.1 The Multimodal Metaphor between Pictorial Mode and Linguistic Mode in Wall-E | 第58-60页 |
| 4.2.2 The Multimodal Metaphor between Pictorial Mode and Sonic Mode in Wall-E | 第60-63页 |
| 4.3 The Analysis of Multimodal Metaphors between Multiple Modes in Wall-E | 第63-71页 |
| 4.3.1 The Multimodal Metaphor between a Single Mode and a Multiple Mode in Wall-E | 第63-67页 |
| 4.3.2 The Multimodal Metaphor between a Multiple Mode and a Multiple Mode in Wall-E | 第67-71页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第71-73页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第73-77页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第73-74页 |
| 5.2 Limitations of the Research | 第74页 |
| 5.3 Suggestions for Further Research | 第74-77页 |
| Bibliography | 第77-83页 |
| Appendix | 第83-85页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第85-86页 |
