| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter One Theoretical Framework of Theme and Thematic Progression | 第13-46页 |
| ·Origins of the Notion of Theme and Rheme | 第13-37页 |
| ·Definition of Theme and Rheme | 第15-16页 |
| ·Classification of Theme | 第16-32页 |
| ·Patterns of Thematic Choices: Unmarked Themes and Marked Theme | 第32-37页 |
| ·General Concepts of Thematic Progression | 第37-46页 |
| ·Concept of Thematic Progression | 第37-38页 |
| ·Patterns of Thematic Progression | 第38-46页 |
| ·Retrospections on the Studies of TP patterns | 第38-40页 |
| ·Six Major TP patterns | 第40-46页 |
| Chapter Two The Applications of Theme and TP Pattern Theory and the Perspectives of Political Discourse Analysis | 第46-58页 |
| ·Applications of Theme and Thematic Progression to Text Analysis | 第46-52页 |
| ·The Concepts of “Text”and “Discourse” | 第46-47页 |
| ·Applications of Theme and TP Theory to Single Text Analysis | 第47-49页 |
| ·Applications of Theme and TP Theory to Texts of the Same Genre | 第49-50页 |
| ·Applications of Theme and TP theory to the Analysis of Texts of Different Genres | 第50-52页 |
| ·Approaches Adopted for Political Discourse Analysis | 第52-56页 |
| ·Studies Done from the Perspective of Phraseological Units | 第53-54页 |
| ·Studies Done from the Perspective of Functional-Pragmatics | 第54-55页 |
| ·Studies Done from the CDA Perspective | 第55-56页 |
| ·Enlightenment from the Previous Review | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter Three The Contrastive Analysis of Theme and TP Patterns in Political Speeches | 第58-75页 |
| ·Data Collecting | 第58页 |
| ·Research Methods and Steps | 第58-62页 |
| ·Presentation of the Results | 第62-65页 |
| ·Discussions of the Theme Distribution and Thematic Progression in English and Chinese Political Speeches | 第65-75页 |
| ·Similarities in Theme Distribution | 第65-68页 |
| ·Less Marked Themes than Unmarked Themes | 第65-67页 |
| ·Larger Percentage of Simple themes | 第67页 |
| ·More Textual Themes than Interpersonal Themes | 第67-68页 |
| ·Differences in Theme Distribution | 第68-71页 |
| ·More Chinese Marked Themes but More English Unmarked Themes | 第68-69页 |
| ·More Zero-Theme in Chinese than in English | 第69-70页 |
| ·More Textual Themes in English Texts than in Chinese | 第70-71页 |
| ·Similarities in Thematic Progression | 第71-73页 |
| ·Differences in Thematic Progression | 第73-75页 |
| Conclusion | 第75-81页 |
| Bibliography | 第81-86页 |
| Appendix I | 第86-91页 |
| Appendix II List of English and Chinese Political Speech Corpus | 第91-92页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第92-93页 |
| 在校期间科研成果 | 第93页 |
