| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-19页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第19-36页 |
| ·The Trigger of the Present Study: the Incongruity between Speech Practice and Speech Criticism | 第19-22页 |
| ·The Wax of Speech Practice | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Wane of Speech Criticism | 第20-22页 |
| ·The General Purpose of the Present Research | 第22-23页 |
| ·Terminology, Theoretical Resources, and Methodology in This Study | 第23-33页 |
| ·The Terminology in the Study | 第23-31页 |
| ·Speech | 第24-26页 |
| ·Criticism and Speech Criticism | 第26-28页 |
| ·Rhetorical Criticism (RC) and Rhetorical Criticism of Speech (RCS) | 第28-31页 |
| ·Discourse Analysis (DA) and Discourse Analysis of Speech (DAS) | 第31页 |
| ·The Theoretical Resources for This Study | 第31-33页 |
| ·The Methodology in This Study | 第33页 |
| ·The Organization of the Dissertation | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review: Critical Study of the Rhetorical Criticism and Discourse Analysis of Speech | 第36-79页 |
| ·Rhetorical Criticism of Speech | 第36-71页 |
| ·Speaker-centered Criticism | 第38-55页 |
| ·Traditional Perspective | 第39-42页 |
| ·Dramaturgical Perspective | 第42-53页 |
| ·Ideological Perspective | 第53-54页 |
| ·Summary for Speaker-centered Criticism | 第54-55页 |
| ·Ideology-or-motive-fascinated Criticism | 第55-61页 |
| ·Ideological Perspective | 第55-59页 |
| ·Dramaturgical Perspective | 第59-61页 |
| ·Summary for Ideology-or-Motive-fascinated Criticism | 第61页 |
| ·Effect-driven Criticism | 第61-65页 |
| ·Traditional Neo-Aristotelian Approach | 第61-62页 |
| ·Sociological Perspective | 第62-65页 |
| ·Summary for Effect-driven Criticism | 第65页 |
| ·Context-oriented Criticism | 第65-67页 |
| ·Traditional Historical Approach | 第65-66页 |
| ·Sociological Situational Approach | 第66-67页 |
| ·Summary for the Context-oriented Criticism | 第67页 |
| ·Critic-determined Criticism | 第67-70页 |
| ·General Summary of Rhetorical Criticism of Speech | 第70-71页 |
| ·Discourse Analysis of Speech | 第71-77页 |
| ·Intra-textual Micro-linguistic Analysis | 第71-72页 |
| ·Extra-textual Macro-linguistic Analysis | 第72-74页 |
| ·Combination of Intra-textual with Extra-textual Analyses: Critical Linguistic Analysis (CLA) and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) | 第74-76页 |
| ·General Summary of Discourse Analysis of Speech | 第76-77页 |
| ·Summary | 第77-79页 |
| Chapter Three The Theoretical Justification for the Present Study | 第79-92页 |
| ·Why Can We Understand Speech through Symbolic Interaction? | 第79-82页 |
| ·Symbolic Interaction Represented in the Constituents of Speech | 第79-81页 |
| ·Symbolic Interaction Demonstrated in the Functions of Speech | 第81-82页 |
| ·The Theoretical Justification for Rhetorical Perspective | 第82-87页 |
| ·The Relationship between Speech and Rhetoric | 第82-83页 |
| ·The Study of Symbolic Interactions in Rhetoric | 第83-87页 |
| ·Symbolic Interaction Gestated in Rhetorical Theories | 第83-86页 |
| ·Symbolic Interaction Conceived in Rhetorical Criticism | 第86-87页 |
| ·The Theoretical Justification for Linguistic Perspective | 第87-91页 |
| ·The Relationship between Speech and Linguistics | 第87-88页 |
| ·The Study of Symbolic Interactions in Linguistics | 第88-91页 |
| ·Summary | 第91-92页 |
| Chapter Four Symbolic Interaction from Rhetorical Perspective | 第92-120页 |
| ·Interaction by Means of Identification | 第92-100页 |
| ·Interaction on Account of Universal Audience and Universal Value | 第100-105页 |
| ·Interaction as a Result of “Rhetoric of Assent”and Rhetorology | 第105-115页 |
| ·Booth’s Ethical View on Rhetoric | 第106-108页 |
| ·Rhetoric of Assent | 第108-109页 |
| ·Listening Rhetoric (LR) and Rhetorology | 第109-112页 |
| ·Inspiration for Speech Understanding | 第112-115页 |
| ·Interaction by Virtue of Argument | 第115-118页 |
| ·Summary | 第118-120页 |
| Chapter Five Symbolic Interaction from Linguistic Perspective | 第120-136页 |
| ·Intra-textual Interaction | 第121-126页 |
| ·Interaction in the Intentionality | 第121-123页 |
| ·Interaction in the Acceptability | 第123-125页 |
| ·General Summary | 第125-126页 |
| ·Extra-textual Interaction | 第126-134页 |
| ·Interaction in the Intertextuality | 第126-129页 |
| ·Interaction in Light of Text Type | 第127-128页 |
| ·Interaction in Terms of Text Allusion | 第128-129页 |
| ·Interaction in the Inter-contextuality | 第129-133页 |
| ·Interaction Related to Pre-text | 第130-132页 |
| ·Interaction Related to Post-text | 第132-133页 |
| ·General Summary | 第133-134页 |
| ·Summary | 第134-136页 |
| Chapter Six The Integrative Framework of Rhetoric and Linguistics for Understanding Speech as Symbolic Interaction | 第136-156页 |
| ·The Relationship between Rhetoric and Linguistics in Speech Criticism | 第136-138页 |
| ·An Integrative Three-dimensional Framework for Speech Understanding | 第138-153页 |
| ·Recovering the Context | 第139-145页 |
| ·The Gap between CONTEXT and Context | 第139-142页 |
| ·Interaction between Context and Speaker | 第142-143页 |
| ·Interaction between Context and Audience | 第143-144页 |
| ·Interaction between Context and Speech-text | 第144-145页 |
| ·General Summary | 第145页 |
| ·Uncovering the Symbolic Power Relations between Speaker and Audience | 第145-152页 |
| ·The Audience’s Symbolic Power | 第146-148页 |
| ·The Speaker’s Symbolic Power | 第148-152页 |
| ·General Summary | 第152页 |
| ·Deconstructing the Speech-text | 第152-153页 |
| ·Summary | 第153-156页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第156-167页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第156-162页 |
| ·Four Key Pairs of Relation | 第156-159页 |
| ·The Nature of Rhetorical Art: Two-process Identifying | 第159-160页 |
| ·Symbolic Power Relations between Speaker and Audience | 第160-161页 |
| ·Coined Terms: “Superspeaker,”“Pre-text”and “Post-text,”“Inter-contextuality,”“Discursivity,”and “CONTEXT” | 第161-162页 |
| ·Theoretical and Practical Contributions | 第162-166页 |
| ·Theoretical Contribution: The Integrative Three-dimensional Framework of Rhetoric and Linguistics for Understanding Speech as Symbolic Interaction | 第162-165页 |
| ·Practical Contributions: Speech Criticism, Audience Awareness,and Pedagogy | 第165-166页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第166-167页 |
| Bibliography | 第167-177页 |
