| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Background | 第10-12页 |
| ·Research Focus and Research Objectives | 第12-13页 |
| ·Value of this Research | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-26页 |
| ·Multimodality | 第14-17页 |
| ·The Concept of Mode | 第14-16页 |
| ·The Concept of Multimodality | 第16-17页 |
| ·Multimodal Metaphor | 第17-23页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor | 第17-19页 |
| ·Visual Metaphor | 第19-20页 |
| ·Multimodal Metaphor | 第20-23页 |
| ·Multimodal Cognitive Poetics | 第23-26页 |
| ·The Concept of Cognitive Poetics | 第23-24页 |
| ·Multimodal Cognitive Poetics | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第26-29页 |
| ·Introduction | 第26页 |
| ·Theoretical Approach | 第26-28页 |
| ·Summary | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter Four Research and Findings | 第29-57页 |
| ·Multimodal Metaphoric Conceptualization in Political Cartoons | 第29-42页 |
| ·Introduction | 第29-31页 |
| ·Metaphorical Political Cartoons | 第31-33页 |
| ·Sample and Selection of Political Cartoons | 第33-34页 |
| ·Analyzing the Cartoons: Four Case Studies | 第34-39页 |
| ·Two Basic Interpretation Ingredients | 第39-42页 |
| ·Signifying States of Affairs: Schematic Source Domain Interpretation | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Critical Viewpoint: Categorical Source Domain Interpretation | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Six Representation Types of Political Cartoon Metaphor | 第42-48页 |
| ·The Source Domain is Image- the Target Domain is Word | 第43页 |
| ·The Source Domain is Image- the Target Domain is Symbol | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Source Domain is Image (People)- the Target Domain is Image | 第44-45页 |
| ·The Source Domain is Image- the Target Filed Implicit | 第45-46页 |
| ·The Source Domain is Implicit- the Target Domain is Word | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Source Domain is Word- the Target Domain is Implicit (Dynamic) | 第47-48页 |
| ·The Significance of Culture on Influencing Multimodal Metaphor in Political Cartoons | 第48-57页 |
| ·Multimodal Metaphor in Political Cartoons | 第48-52页 |
| ·The Construction Function of Multimodal Metaphor on iIdentification | 第52-57页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第57-63页 |
| ·Research Objectives: Summary of Findings and Conclusions | 第57-61页 |
| ·Limitations and Recommendations | 第61-63页 |
| References | 第63-66页 |
