| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-13页 |
| List of tables | 第13-14页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第14-20页 |
| ·Research Background | 第14-16页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第16-18页 |
| ·Data Collection of the Study | 第18-19页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第19-20页 |
| CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第20-26页 |
| ·Introduction of Public Speech | 第20-21页 |
| ·Introduction of English Inspirational Speech | 第21-22页 |
| ·Previous Study on the Inspirational Speech | 第22-24页 |
| ·Previous Study on Illocutionary Force | 第24-26页 |
| CHAPTER 3 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND | 第26-38页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第26-30页 |
| ·Austin's Speech Act Theory | 第27-29页 |
| ·Searle's Development of Speech Act Theory | 第29-30页 |
| ·Illocutionary Act and Illocutionary Force | 第30-33页 |
| ·Classification of Illocutionary Act | 第33-36页 |
| ·Austin's Classification of Illocutionary Act | 第33-34页 |
| ·Searle's Classification of Illocutionary Act | 第34-36页 |
| ·Illocutionary Force Indicating Devices | 第36-38页 |
| CHAPTER 4 DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION | 第38-71页 |
| ·Realization of Illocutionary Forces in English Inspirational Speech | 第38-61页 |
| ·Realization of Illocutionary Forces through Lexical Devices | 第39-45页 |
| ·Personal Pronouns "I" and "you" | 第39-41页 |
| ·Modal Auxiliary Verbs | 第41-45页 |
| ·Realization of Illocutionary Forces through Syntactical Devices | 第45-50页 |
| ·Parallelism | 第46-47页 |
| ·Repetition | 第47-49页 |
| ·Antithesis | 第49-50页 |
| ·Summary | 第50页 |
| ·Realization of Illocutionary Forces through Phonetic Devices | 第50-55页 |
| ·Alliteration | 第51-53页 |
| ·Consonance | 第53-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-55页 |
| ·Realization of Illocutionary Forces through Expression Techniques | 第55-60页 |
| ·Speech Humor | 第56-57页 |
| ·Quotations | 第57-59页 |
| ·Anecdote | 第59-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-61页 |
| ·Main Illocutionary Acts and Their Performing Forms in Inspirational Speeches | 第61-71页 |
| ·Assertives and Their Major Performing Forms in Inspirational Speeches | 第61-64页 |
| ·Directives and Their Major Performing Forms in Inspirational Speeches | 第64-66页 |
| ·Expressives and Their Major Performing Forms in Inspirational Speeches | 第66-68页 |
| ·Commissives and Their Major Performing Forms in Inspirational Speeches | 第68-69页 |
| ·Declarations and Their Major Performing Forms inlnspirational Speeches | 第69-70页 |
| ·Summary | 第70-71页 |
| CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION | 第71-74页 |
| ·Main Findings | 第71-73页 |
| ·Limitations | 第73页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第73-74页 |
| REFERENCES | 第74-76页 |
