| Acknowledgments | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第12-16页 |
| ·Research background | 第12-14页 |
| ·Significance of this thesis | 第14-15页 |
| ·Paper structure | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第16-24页 |
| ·Introduction to public speaking | 第16-22页 |
| ·Definition of public speaking | 第16-18页 |
| ·History of public speaking | 第18-19页 |
| ·Elements of public speaking | 第19-21页 |
| ·Features of public speaking | 第21页 |
| ·Classification of public speaking | 第21-22页 |
| ·Previous researches on public speaking | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第24-29页 |
| ·John Langshaw Austin's contributions to speech act theory | 第24-25页 |
| ·John Searle's contributions to the development of speech act theory | 第25-26页 |
| ·Other studies on speech act theory outside of China | 第26-27页 |
| ·Studies on speech act theory in China | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Four ELABORATION OF ILLOCUTIONARY FORCES | 第29-40页 |
| ·Realization of illocutionary forces through lexical expressions | 第29-33页 |
| ·Pronoun "we" | 第29-30页 |
| ·Modal auxiliary verbs | 第30-32页 |
| ·Cohesive words | 第32-33页 |
| ·Realization of illocutionary forces through syntactic structures | 第33-36页 |
| ·Questions | 第33-34页 |
| ·Use of "I believe/think/know..." | 第34-35页 |
| ·Imperative sentence | 第35-36页 |
| ·Realization of illocutionary forces through rhetorical devices | 第36-40页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第36-37页 |
| ·Parallelism and repetition | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter Five PRAGMATIC FUNCTION OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS | 第40-47页 |
| ·Ways to arouse attention and interest | 第40-41页 |
| ·Ways to highlight the theme | 第41-42页 |
| ·Ways to create a sense of intimacy | 第42-43页 |
| ·Ways to earn the audience's trust | 第43页 |
| ·Ways for appealing, motivating and persuading | 第43-44页 |
| ·Promises-making | 第44-45页 |
| ·Proposal of obligations | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第47-50页 |
| ·Major findings | 第47-48页 |
| ·Implications of the thesis | 第48-49页 |
| ·Limitations of the research | 第49-50页 |
| Works cited | 第50-54页 |
| Appendix Source of data | 第54-56页 |
