| ABSTRACT | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第7-13页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第13-17页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Purpose of the research | 第14-15页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the research | 第15页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the thesis | 第15-17页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第17-34页 |
| 2.1 Kenneth Burke and identification theory | 第17-23页 |
| 2.1.1 Kenneth Burke and new rhetoric | 第17-18页 |
| 2.1.2 Burke’s identification | 第18-20页 |
| 2.1.3 Identification strategies of the identification theory | 第20-22页 |
| 2.1.4 Previous studies on Burke’s theory | 第22-23页 |
| 2.2 Modality and its modal verbs | 第23-28页 |
| 2.2.1 Definitions of modality and modal verbs | 第23-25页 |
| 2.2.2 Classifications of modal verbs | 第25-26页 |
| 2.2.3 Previous studies on modal verbs | 第26-28页 |
| 2.3 Previous studies on campus speeches | 第28-30页 |
| 2.4 Identification and modality | 第30-34页 |
| CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHODS | 第34-45页 |
| 3.1 Research design | 第34-36页 |
| 3.2 Data description | 第36-38页 |
| 3.3 Research instruments | 第38-39页 |
| 3.4 Research procedure | 第39-45页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第45-78页 |
| 4.1 Overall distributions of substantive identification | 第45-47页 |
| 4.2. Identification by sympathy and its modality | 第47-62页 |
| 4.2.1 Identification by sympathy and epistemic modality | 第49-50页 |
| 4.2.2 Comparison of epistemic modality use | 第50-56页 |
| 4.2.3 Identification by sympathy and deontic modality | 第56-57页 |
| 4.2.4 Comparison of deontic modality use | 第57-62页 |
| 4.3 Identification by antithesis and its modality | 第62-73页 |
| 4.3.1 Identification by antithesis and epistemic modality with its negativeform | 第63-64页 |
| 4.3.2 Comparison of epistemic modality with its negative form use | 第64-69页 |
| 4.3.3 Identification by antithesis and dynamic modality with its negativeform | 第69-70页 |
| 4.3.4 Comparison of dynamic modality with its negative form | 第70-73页 |
| 4.4 Identification by inaccuracy and dynamic modality | 第73-78页 |
| 4.4.1 Comparison of “ability” use | 第74-76页 |
| 4.4.2 Comparison of “volition” use | 第76-78页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第78-84页 |
| 5.1 Major findings of the research | 第78-81页 |
| 5.2 Implications of the research | 第81-82页 |
| 5.3 Limitations of the research | 第82页 |
| 5.4 Suggestions for further studies | 第82-84页 |
| REFERENCES | 第84-90页 |
| APPENDIX | 第90-98页 |
