| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Previous Studies on American Presidents' Inaugural Addresses | 第12-14页 |
| ·Aim and Significance of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Corpus Used in the Thesis | 第15页 |
| ·The Layout of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第16-24页 |
| ·A Comparison of Functional Stylistics and Other Stylistic Models | 第16-17页 |
| ·Halliday and the Main Theories in Functional Stylistics | 第17-24页 |
| ·Style and the Goal and Procedure of Stylistic Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Theory of Metafunction | 第18-21页 |
| ·The Ideational Metafunction | 第19页 |
| ·The Interpersonal Metafunction | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Textual Metafunction | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Theory of Context of Situation | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Relationship between the Theories of Metafunction and Context of Situation | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Some Basic Ideas about American Presidents'Inaugural Addresses | 第24-28页 |
| ·American Presidents' Inauguration Ceremony | 第24-26页 |
| ·American Presidents' Inaugural Addresses | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Significance of the Addresses | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Content of the Addresses | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Four Stylistic Studies of the American Presidents' Inaugural Addresses Based on Metafunction Theory | 第28-61页 |
| ·Studies on the Context of Situation of the Addresses | 第28-29页 |
| ·Field Study | 第28页 |
| ·Tenor Study | 第28-29页 |
| ·Mode Study | 第29页 |
| ·The Realization of the Ideational Metafunction | 第29-43页 |
| ·Transitivity Analysis | 第29-39页 |
| ·A General Analysis of the Processes in the Addresses | 第31-34页 |
| ·Ana1ysis of Material Process | 第34-38页 |
| ·Verbs | 第34-35页 |
| ·Actor | 第35-37页 |
| ·Goal | 第37-38页 |
| ·Analysis of Relational Process | 第38-39页 |
| ·Metaphor of Transitivity and Nominalization in the Addresses | 第39-42页 |
| ·Metaphor of Transitivity | 第39-40页 |
| ·Nominalization in American Presidents' Inaugural Addresses | 第40-42页 |
| ·Voice | 第42-43页 |
| ·The Realization of the Interpersonal Metafunction | 第43-52页 |
| ·Mood Structure | 第43-49页 |
| ·The Subject | 第45-46页 |
| ·The Finite | 第46-48页 |
| ·Tense | 第46-47页 |
| ·Polarity | 第47-48页 |
| ·Metaphor of Mood | 第48-49页 |
| ·Modality | 第49-52页 |
| ·Analysis of Modality | 第49-51页 |
| ·Metaphor of Modality | 第51-52页 |
| ·The Realization of the Textual Metafunction | 第52-61页 |
| ·Thematic Structure | 第52-56页 |
| ·Theme | 第52-54页 |
| ·Thematic Progression | 第54-56页 |
| ·Cohesion | 第56-61页 |
| ·Cohesive Devices | 第57-58页 |
| ·Example Analysis | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| ·Summary of the Thesis | 第61-63页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第63-64页 |
| Appendix | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-68页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 第68-69页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文目录 | 第69页 |