| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstracts'(English and Chinese) | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| ·The cognitive overloading phenomenon (COP) in conference interpreting | 第8-10页 |
| ·The significance and feasibility of the present study | 第10-12页 |
| ·The organization of this thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Research into the complex process of interpreting at home and abroad: a literature review | 第14-20页 |
| ·Studies on the process of interpreting in the west | 第14-16页 |
| ·Studies on the process of interpreting at home | 第16-18页 |
| ·Contributions and limitations of these research findings | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter three Analysis of the major cognitive dimensions in the process of interpreting | 第20-34页 |
| ·General framework of reference | 第20-21页 |
| ·The cognitive environment of interpreting | 第21-27页 |
| ·Linguistic context | 第21-24页 |
| ·Situational context | 第24-25页 |
| ·Social-cultural context | 第25-27页 |
| ·The interpreter's cognitive mechanism | 第27-34页 |
| ·The interpreter's cognitive models | 第28-29页 |
| ·The interpreter's cognitive processing capacities | 第29-30页 |
| ·The interpreter's cognitive-processing strategies | 第30-32页 |
| ·The interpreter's cognitive-psychological competence | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of the COP in press conference interpreting | 第34-44页 |
| ·General evaluation of the COP in press conference interpreting | 第34-35页 |
| ·Cognitive analysis of the major reasons of the COP | 第35-44页 |
| ·High-level information-density | 第36-38页 |
| ·High-degree information complexity | 第38-42页 |
| ·High working pressure | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Five Coping strategies to tackle the COP in press conference interpreting | 第44-57页 |
| ·The principle of economy as a general strategy | 第44-45页 |
| ·Constructing the network of knowledge schemata | 第45-48页 |
| ·Classification of the interpreter's prior knowledge system | 第45-46页 |
| ·The role of the network of knowledge schemata in interpreting | 第46-48页 |
| ·Optimizing the allocation of processing capacities | 第48-50页 |
| ·Utilizing cognitive processing strategies | 第50-57页 |
| ·Compression | 第50-53页 |
| ·Repetition | 第53-54页 |
| ·Paraphrase | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第57-60页 |
| ·The complexity of the COP in press conference interpreting | 第57-58页 |
| ·Mythological considerations to explore the COP further | 第58-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-61页 |
