| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-17页 |
| 1.1 Significance of the Study | 第14页 |
| 1.2 Purpose of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| 1.3 Structure of the Study | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-34页 |
| 2.1 The Concept of Cognitive Verbs | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Cognitive Verbs at Home and Abroad | 第18-22页 |
| 2.2.1 Previous Studies on Cognitive Verbs Abroad | 第18-21页 |
| 2.2.2 Previous Studies on Cognitive Verbs at Home | 第21-22页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies on Inaugural Speech at Home and Abroad | 第22-28页 |
| 2.3.1 Previous Studies on Inaugural Speech Abroad | 第22-26页 |
| 2.3.2 Previous Studies on Inaugural Speech at Home | 第26-28页 |
| 2.4 Previous Studies on Communicative Function at Home and Abroad | 第28-33页 |
| 2.4.1 Previous Studies on Communicative Function Abroad | 第28-31页 |
| 2.4.2 Previous Studies on Communicative Function at Home | 第31-33页 |
| 2.5 Summary | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第34-42页 |
| 3.1 Commitment | 第34-35页 |
| 3.2 Anita Fetzer’s Classifications on Commitment | 第35-36页 |
| 3.3 Communicative Function | 第36-40页 |
| 3.4 Framework for Commitment Analysis | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第42-47页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第42-43页 |
| 4.2 Corpus Collection | 第43-45页 |
| 4.3 Research Procedures | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第47-67页 |
| 5.1 The Comparative study of Believe and Think in Commitment Degree | 第47-51页 |
| 5.2 The Analysis of Communicative Function in terms of commitment | 第51-67页 |
| 5.2.1 Epistemic Commitment | 第52-56页 |
| 5.2.2 Emotive commitment | 第56-61页 |
| 5.2.3 Social Commitment | 第61-67页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第67-71页 |
| 6.1 Research Findings | 第67-69页 |
| 6.2 Implication | 第69-70页 |
| 6.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第70-71页 |
| References | 第71-76页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第76-77页 |
| Appendix A: Published Paper | 第77页 |
