| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| List of Tables | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Statement of the Problem | 第11-16页 |
| ·Social background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Theoretical background | 第12-16页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第16页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-25页 |
| ·Political discourse and political public speech | 第17-18页 |
| ·Features of political public speech | 第18页 |
| ·Previous studies on political public speech | 第18-23页 |
| ·Studying political discourse:International approaches | 第18-19页 |
| ·Political discourse research in China | 第19-23页 |
| ·Genre analysis of political public speech | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Three Data and Methodology | 第25-27页 |
| ·The selection of the data | 第25页 |
| ·Framework of analysis | 第25-27页 |
| ·Macro structural analysis:Moves and steps | 第26页 |
| ·Micro structural analysis:Lexico-grammatical features | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Four Political Public Speeches:Macro Structures | 第27-46页 |
| ·Identification of the moves and steps | 第27-29页 |
| ·Genre analysis of the data from macro-structures | 第29-45页 |
| ·Move1:Initiating a speech | 第30-33页 |
| ·Move2:Orienting the speech | 第33-38页 |
| ·Move3:Presenting the speech | 第38-42页 |
| ·Move4:Making a conclusion | 第42-44页 |
| ·Similarities and differences at macro-structural level | 第44-45页 |
| ·Communicative purpose of each move | 第45-46页 |
| Chapter Five Political Public Speeches:Micro Structures | 第46-57页 |
| ·Personal pronouns | 第46-48页 |
| ·Nominalization | 第48-51页 |
| ·Formality | 第51-57页 |
| ·Formality in Chinese political public speeches | 第51-54页 |
| ·Informality in American political public speeches | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第57-61页 |
| ·Summary of findings | 第57-58页 |
| ·Implications | 第58-59页 |
| ·Limitations of the study and suggestions for further study | 第59-61页 |
| References | 第61-68页 |
| Appendix | 第68-70页 |
