| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Rationale for the Present Research | 第12页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-19页 |
| ·Overview of Systemic-Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis | 第14-18页 |
| ·From Monomodality to Multimodality | 第14-15页 |
| ·Multimodal Discourse Analysis | 第15-17页 |
| ·Overview of Studies on Image-verbal Relations | 第17-18页 |
| ·Overview of Multiliteracies | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第19-34页 |
| ·The Semiotic Theory | 第19-20页 |
| ·Peirce's Semiotics | 第19-20页 |
| ·Saussure's Semiotics | 第20页 |
| ·Systemic Functional Linguistics | 第20-21页 |
| ·Language as a Social Semiotic | 第20页 |
| ·Metafunctions | 第20-21页 |
| ·Visual Grammar | 第21-34页 |
| ·The Representational Meaning | 第22-28页 |
| ·The Interactive Meaning | 第28-32页 |
| ·The Compositional Meaning | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Four Sample Analysis of Picture Composition in English Entrance Examinations | 第34-51页 |
| ·Introduction | 第34页 |
| ·Analysis of Narrative Picture Composition | 第34-42页 |
| ·Analysis of Images | 第35-38页 |
| ·Analysis of Verbal Description | 第38-41页 |
| ·Intersemiotic Relations between Images and Verbal Text | 第41-42页 |
| ·Analysis of Abstract Picture Composition | 第42-51页 |
| ·Analysis of Image | 第43-46页 |
| ·Analysis of Verbal Text | 第46-50页 |
| ·Integration of the Image and Verbal Text into Whole Meaning | 第50-51页 |
| Chapter Five Strategies for Cultivating Multiliteracies | 第51-55页 |
| ·From the Perspective of Reading Multimodal Discourse | 第51-53页 |
| ·From the Perspective of Constructing Multimodal Discourse | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第55-57页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Future Studies | 第57-58页 |
| References | 第58-62页 |
