| Acknowledgments | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-14页 |
| List of Tables | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-20页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第16-18页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第20-39页 |
| ·Political Speech | 第20-23页 |
| ·The definition of political speech | 第20-22页 |
| ·Features of political speech | 第22-23页 |
| ·Halliday's Systemic- Functional Grammar | 第23-25页 |
| ·Halliday's Interpersonal Function | 第25页 |
| ·The Realization of Interpersonal Function | 第25-37页 |
| ·Mood | 第25-33页 |
| ·Modality | 第33-35页 |
| ·Personal Pronoun | 第35-37页 |
| ·Previous Studies of the Interpersonal Function at Home and Abroad | 第37-39页 |
| ·Previous studies abroad | 第37-38页 |
| ·Previous studies at home | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第39-41页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第39页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第39-40页 |
| ·Data Presentation | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter 4 The Realization of Interpersonal Function and Its Means in Obama's 2012 Presidential Election Speech | 第41-68页 |
| ·The Means of Realizing the Interpersonal Function in Obama's Speech | 第41页 |
| ·The Interpersonal Function of Mood in Obama's Speech | 第41-47页 |
| ·Declaratives and their interpersonal function | 第42-44页 |
| ·Imperatives and their interpersonal function | 第44-45页 |
| ·Imperatives and their interpersonal function | 第45-47页 |
| ·The Interpersonal Function of Modality in Obama's Speech | 第47-55页 |
| ·"can" and its interpersonal function | 第48-50页 |
| ·"will" and its interpersonal function | 第50-53页 |
| ·"must" and its interpersonal function | 第53-55页 |
| ·The Interpersonal Function of Personal Pronoun in Obama's Speech | 第55-68页 |
| ·The interpersonal function of the first personal pronouns | 第57-64页 |
| ·The interpersonal function of the second personal pronouns | 第64-65页 |
| ·The interpersonal function of the third personal pronouns | 第65-68页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第68-72页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第68-70页 |
| ·Limitations in this study | 第70-71页 |
| ·Suggestions for further study | 第71-72页 |
| References | 第72-76页 |
| Appendix | 第76-88页 |
