| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·Research questions of the Study | 第11页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第11页 |
| ·An Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-16页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Transitivity System in Discourse Analysis | 第13-15页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Transitivity Analysis of Inaugural Address | 第15页 |
| ·A Summary of the Studies | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Background | 第16-22页 |
| ·Meta-function of Language | 第16页 |
| ·Transitivity System | 第16-22页 |
| ·Material Process | 第17-18页 |
| ·Relational Process | 第18-19页 |
| ·Mental Process | 第19-20页 |
| ·Verbal Process | 第20页 |
| ·Existential Process | 第20-21页 |
| ·Behavioral Process | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第22-26页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第22页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第22-26页 |
| Chapter Five Transitivity Statistics of American Presidential Inaugural Addresses | 第26-40页 |
| ·Transitivity Process Statistics of Ten Inaugural Addresses | 第26-32页 |
| ·Transitivity of Barack Obama's Inaugural Address | 第26-27页 |
| ·Transitivity of George Walker Bush's inaugural address | 第27页 |
| ·Transitivity of Bill Clinton's Inaugural Address | 第27页 |
| ·Transitivity of George Bush's Inaugural Address | 第27-28页 |
| ·Transitivity of Ronald Reagan's Inaugural Address | 第28页 |
| ·Transitivity of Richard Nixon's Inaugural Address | 第28-29页 |
| ·Transitivity of John Kennedy's Inaugural Address | 第29页 |
| ·Transitivity of Harry S.Truman's Inaugural Address | 第29-30页 |
| ·Transitivity of Franklin Roosevelt's Inaugural Address | 第30页 |
| ·Transitivity of Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Address | 第30-32页 |
| ·Functions of Each Transitivity Process | 第32-40页 |
| ·Analysis of Material Process | 第32-34页 |
| ·Analysis of Relational Process | 第34-35页 |
| ·Analysis of Mental Process | 第35-37页 |
| ·Analysis of Verbal Process | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter Six Analysis of the Main Participants in the Inaugural Addresses | 第40-48页 |
| ·Analysis of the Main Participants in the Inaugural Addresses | 第40-41页 |
| ·Distribution of Democratic Party's Inaugural Address | 第40-41页 |
| ·Distribution of Republic Party's Inaugural Address | 第41页 |
| ·An Implication of the Distribution of Main Participants | 第41-48页 |
| ·Analysis of we/our/us | 第41-43页 |
| ·Analysis of I/my/me | 第43-44页 |
| ·Analysis of you/your | 第44-45页 |
| ·Analysis of they/their/them | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第48-50页 |
| ·Summary of the Study | 第48-49页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第49页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Study | 第49-50页 |
| Works Cited | 第50-53页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第53-54页 |
| AppendixⅠ | 第54-55页 |
| 个人简介 | 第55-56页 |
