| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Contents | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第8-9页 |
| ·Purpose of the Paper | 第9-10页 |
| ·Organization of the Paper | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第11-19页 |
| ·Understanding of Discourse Analysis | 第11-14页 |
| ·Definition of “Discourse” | 第11-12页 |
| ·Development of Discourse Analysis | 第12-13页 |
| ·Typical Approaches to Discourse Analysis | 第13-14页 |
| ·Contrastive Rhetoric: Theory and Research | 第14-19页 |
| ·General Situation with Contrastive Rhetoric | 第14-15页 |
| ·Contrastive Rhetoric on Chinese and English Discourses | 第15-19页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework--Discourse Structural Relation Theories | 第19-32页 |
| ·Clause Relations of Winter and Hoey | 第19-21页 |
| ·Definition of Clause Relations | 第19-20页 |
| ·Category of clause relations | 第20页 |
| ·Means of Recognizing Clause Relations | 第20-21页 |
| ·Rhetorical Structural Relations by Mann and Thompson | 第21-26页 |
| ·Basic Ideas and Features | 第22页 |
| ·Classification of Rhetorical Relations | 第22-25页 |
| ·Operationalization of Rhetorical Relations in Text Analysis | 第25-26页 |
| ·Popular Discourse Patterns Proposed by Winter and Hoey | 第26-32页 |
| ·Problem-Solution Pattern | 第26-29页 |
| ·Hypothetical-Real Pattern | 第29-30页 |
| ·General-Particular Pattern | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Four Structural Relations and Rhetorical Patterns in Chinese and EnglishPolitical Speeches | 第32-67页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis of Rhetorical Structure Relations | 第32-45页 |
| ·Rhetorical Relation Analysis in English Sample One | 第32-34页 |
| ·Rhetorical Relation Analysis in English Sample Two | 第34-36页 |
| ·Rhetorical Relation Analysis in English Sample Three | 第36-39页 |
| ·Rhetorical Relation Analysis in Chinese Sample One | 第39-40页 |
| ·Rhetorical Relation Analysis in Chinese Sample Two | 第40-42页 |
| ·Rhetorical Relation Analysis in Chinese Sample Three | 第42-45页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis of Clause Relations and Textual Patterns | 第45-67页 |
| ·Clause Relation and Textual Pattern Analysis in English Sample One | 第45-48页 |
| ·Clause Relation and Textual Pattern Analysis in English Sample Two | 第48-52页 |
| ·Clause Relation and Textual Pattern Analysis in English Sample Three | 第52-57页 |
| ·Clause Relation and Textual Pattern Analysis in Chinese Sample One | 第57-59页 |
| ·Clause Relation and Textual Pattern Analysis in Chinese Sample Two | 第59-62页 |
| ·Clause Relation and Textual Pattern Analysis in Chinese Sample Three | 第62-67页 |
| Chapter Five Findings and Analysis of the Speech Samples | 第67-80页 |
| ·Similarities between English and Chinese Political Speeches | 第67-68页 |
| ·Differences between English and Chinese Political Speeches | 第68-80页 |
| ·Linear Pattern vs. Spiral Pattern | 第69-70页 |
| ·Direct Pattern vs. Indirect Pattern | 第70-73页 |
| ·Writer-responsible Pattern vs. Reader-responsible Pattern | 第73-75页 |
| ·Forward Pattern vs. Backward Pattern | 第75-77页 |
| ·Integral Pattern vs. Analytical Pattern | 第77-78页 |
| ·Informality vs. Formality | 第78-80页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第80-84页 |
| ·Summary of the Study | 第80-82页 |
| ·Pedagogical and Practical Implications | 第82页 |
| ·Limitations of the Current Study& Suggestions for Future Research | 第82-84页 |
| Bibliography | 第84-86页 |
| Appendix 1 English Political Conference Speeches | 第86-89页 |
| Appendix 2 Chinese Political Conference Speeches | 第89-92页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第92页 |
