| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| ·Objective of the Present Study | 第8-9页 |
| ·Research Questions of the Present Study | 第9页 |
| ·Significance of the Thesis | 第9-10页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第11-20页 |
| ·Mission Statement as a Speech Act | 第11-13页 |
| ·General Definition of Mission Statement | 第11页 |
| ·Functions of Mission Statement | 第11-12页 |
| ·Mission Statement as a Speech Act | 第12页 |
| ·Previous Research in Mission Statement | 第12-13页 |
| ·An Overview of Speech Act Theory | 第13-17页 |
| ·Searle’s Categorization of Illocutionary Acts | 第14-16页 |
| ·Felicity Condition | 第16-17页 |
| ·Illocutionary Force Concept | 第17-20页 |
| ·Illocutionary Force | 第17-18页 |
| ·Illocutionary Force Indicating Devices | 第18页 |
| ·Realization of Illocutionary Force of Mission Statement | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Design | 第20-28页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第20-21页 |
| ·Instrument: An Evaluation Model Based on Searle’s Felicity Conditions | 第21-28页 |
| ·The Evaluation Model | 第21页 |
| ·The Function of the Model | 第21-25页 |
| ·Analytical Procedures | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis and Discussion | 第28-37页 |
| ·Mission Statements as Commissives | 第28-30页 |
| ·Illocutionary Point of Mission Statement | 第28-29页 |
| ·Direction of Fit: World to the Words | 第29页 |
| ·Sincerity Condition of Mission Statement | 第29-30页 |
| ·Illocutionary Force Indicating Devices in Best Mission Statement | 第30-32页 |
| ·Mood of the Verb | 第31页 |
| ·Infinitive | 第31页 |
| ·Tense | 第31-32页 |
| ·Strategies Employed in Best Mission Statements | 第32-36页 |
| ·Choices of Simple and Complicated Styles | 第32-33页 |
| ·Choices of Proper Pronoun and Full Name | 第33-34页 |
| ·Choices of Infinitives and Modal Verbs | 第34页 |
| ·Choices of Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentence Structures | 第34-35页 |
| ·Careful Use of the Superlative Degree | 第35-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第37-39页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第37-38页 |
| ·Limitations of this Study | 第38页 |
| ·Recommendations for Future Research | 第38-39页 |
| References | 第39-42页 |
| Appendix A | 第42-46页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第46页 |
