| 1． Introduction | 第1-6页 |
| 2． Literature review and theoretical foundation | 第6-9页 |
| 3． The significance of studying interpersonal meaning in speeches | 第9-10页 |
| 4． Features of political public speeches | 第10-12页 |
| 4．1 Features of public speeches | 第10-11页 |
| 4．2 Features of political speeches | 第11-12页 |
| 5． Data to be analyzed in the dissertation | 第12页 |
| 6． Foci of analysis | 第12-13页 |
| 7． Interpersonal meaning of modality in political speech | 第13-19页 |
| 7．1 The interpersonal meaning of modal auxiliaries | 第14-18页 |
| 7．1．1 Interpersonal functions of modal auxiliaries usually used in political speeches | 第15-18页 |
| 7．1．2 Summary | 第18页 |
| 7．2．Interpersonal meaning of epistemic modal expressions | 第18-19页 |
| 7．2．1 Interpersonal functions of epistemic modal expressions in political speeches | 第18-19页 |
| 7．2．2 Summary | 第19页 |
| 8． Interpersonal meaning of tense in political speeches | 第19-22页 |
| 8．1 Interpersonal meaning of tense shift between the past and the simple present | 第19-22页 |
| 8．1．1 Inlerpersonal function of tense shift on discourse level in political speeches | 第20页 |
| 8．1．2 IP function of tense shift on sentence level in political speeches | 第20-21页 |
| 8．1．3 Summary | 第21-22页 |
| 8．2 The interpersonal meaning of finite tense in political speeches | 第22页 |
| 8．2．1 Interpersonal function of finite tense used in political speeches | 第22页 |
| 8．2．2 Summary | 第22页 |
| 9． Interpersonal meaning of imperativeness in political speeches | 第22-25页 |
| 9．1 IP meaning of different degrees of imperativeness in political speeches | 第22-25页 |
| 9．1．1 Imperative meaning expressed through modals | 第23页 |
| 9．1．2 Imperative meaning conveyed through the structure ”Let me/us．．．” | 第23-24页 |
| 9．1．3 Imperative meaning realized through ”will” | 第24页 |
| 9．1．4 Imperative meaning realized through ”if' structure | 第24-25页 |
| 9．1．5 Imperative meaning inferred in context | 第25页 |
| 9．2 Summary | 第25页 |
| 10． Interpersonal meaning of person in political speeches | 第25-30页 |
| 10．1 IP functions of various pronouns used in political speeches | 第26-29页 |
| 10．1．1 IP function of the pronoun ”you” in political speeches | 第26-28页 |
| 10．1．2 Interpersonal function of pronoun ”we” in political speeches | 第28-29页 |
| 10．1．3 Interpersonal function of other pronouns in political speeches | 第29页 |
| 10．2 Summary | 第29-30页 |
| 11． Conclusion | 第30-32页 |
| References | 第32-36页 |
| Appendix: The full text of US President Clinton's Speech in Beijing University | 第36-40页 |
