| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Objectives and Significance of the Research | 第14页 |
| 1.3 Methodology and Research Questions | 第14-17页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-24页 |
| 2.1 Studies on Visual Grammar and Multimodality | 第18-20页 |
| 2.2 Studies on Multimodal Metaphor | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2.1 Studies on Multimodal Metaphor Abroad | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2.2 Studies on Multimodal Metaphor at Home | 第21-22页 |
| 2.3 Research Gaps | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第24-34页 |
| 3.1 Multimodal Metaphor | 第24-28页 |
| 3.1.1 Mode and Modality | 第24-25页 |
| 3.1.2 Defining Multimodal Metaphor | 第25-28页 |
| 3.2 Visual Grammar | 第28-33页 |
| 3.2.1 Representational Meaning | 第29-30页 |
| 3.2.2 Interactive Meaning | 第30-31页 |
| 3.2.3 Compositional Meaning | 第31-33页 |
| 3.3 An Integrated Framework | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Four Representational Meaning and Multimodal Metaphor | 第34-58页 |
| 4.1 Narrative Representation and Multimodal Metaphor Analysis | 第35-46页 |
| 4.1.1 The Substitution of Participant | 第36-38页 |
| 4.1.2 The Substitution of Action Process | 第38-40页 |
| 4.1.3 The Substitution of Environmental Elements | 第40-42页 |
| 4.1.4 The Addition of Unconventional Elements | 第42-45页 |
| 4.1.5 The Interpretation of the Image by Texts | 第45-46页 |
| 4.2 Conceptual Representation and Multimodal Metaphor Analysis | 第46-57页 |
| 4.2.1 Classificational Process | 第47-50页 |
| 4.2.2 Analytical Process | 第50-53页 |
| 4.2.3 Symbolic Process | 第53-57页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter Five Interactive Meaning and Multimodal Metaphor | 第58-69页 |
| 5.1 Metaphor Constructed by Camera Positioning | 第59-62页 |
| 5.1.1 Frontal View is Involvement | 第60-61页 |
| 5.1.2 Oblique View is Detachment | 第61-62页 |
| 5.2 Metaphor Constructed by Shot Distance | 第62-64页 |
| 5.2.1 Close Relation Constructed by Shot Distance | 第63-64页 |
| 5.2.2 Distant Relation Constructed by Shot Distance | 第64页 |
| 5.3 Metaphor Constructed by the Power Relation | 第64-68页 |
| 5.3.1 Viewer Power is High Angle | 第65-66页 |
| 5.3.2 Image-viewer Equality is the Horizontal Angle | 第66-67页 |
| 5.3.3 Image Power is Low Angle | 第67-68页 |
| 5.4 Summary | 第68-69页 |
| Chapter Six Compositional Meaning and Multimodal Metaphor | 第69-77页 |
| 6.1 Information Position and Multimodal Analysis | 第69-72页 |
| 6.1.1 Up-Down Relation | 第70-72页 |
| 6.1.2 Left-Right Relation | 第72页 |
| 6.2 Salience and Framing Principle | 第72-75页 |
| 6.2.1 Central-Marginal Relation | 第72-74页 |
| 6.2.2 The Use of Color | 第74-75页 |
| 6.3 Summary | 第75-77页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第77-82页 |
| 7.1 Major Findings | 第77-79页 |
| 7.2 Implications of the Study | 第79-80页 |
| 7.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第80-82页 |
| References | 第82-84页 |
| Appendix:Selected cartoons from Feng Zikai's book | 第84-89页 |
