| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Data Collection and Significance of the Study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Data Collection of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-19页 |
| ·Study of the Political Speeches | 第15-16页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Political Speeches Abroad | 第15-16页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Political Speeches at Home | 第16页 |
| ·Study of the Rhetoric | 第16-18页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Rhetoric Abroad | 第16-17页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Rhetoric at Home | 第17-18页 |
| ·Summary | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Background | 第19-27页 |
| ·Austin's Speech Act Theory | 第19-23页 |
| ·Constatives vs. Performatives | 第19-21页 |
| ·Austin's Three Kinds of Speech Acts | 第21页 |
| ·The Classification of Illocutionary Act | 第21-23页 |
| ·Searle's Development of Speech Act Theory | 第23-27页 |
| ·Searle's Classification of Illocutionary Act | 第23-24页 |
| ·Indirect Speech Acts | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter 4 Comparative Analysis of the Selected Corpus | 第27-57页 |
| ·Analysis of Locutionary Acts of Selected Speeches | 第27-28页 |
| ·Analysis of Illocutionary Acts of Selected Speeches | 第28-52页 |
| ·Analysis of Illocutionary Acts through Phonetic Devices | 第28-34页 |
| ·Alliteration | 第30-31页 |
| ·Consonance | 第31-33页 |
| ·End-rhyme | 第33-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34页 |
| ·Analysis of Illocutionary Acts through Sentence Patterns Devices | 第34-40页 |
| ·Cleft Sentences | 第36-37页 |
| ·Inversions | 第37-38页 |
| ·Passives | 第38-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-40页 |
| ·Analysis of Illocutionary Acts through Syntactical Devices | 第40-50页 |
| ·Parallelism | 第42-44页 |
| ·Repetition | 第44-46页 |
| ·Rhetorical Question | 第46-48页 |
| ·Antithesis | 第48-49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-50页 |
| ·Analysis of Illocutionary Acts through Metaphor as a Lexical Device | 第50-52页 |
| ·Analysis of Perlocutionary Acts in the Selected Speeches | 第52-55页 |
| ·Perlocutionary Effect of Lincoln's Selected Speeches | 第53页 |
| ·Perlocutionary Effect of Mandela's Selected Speeches | 第53-54页 |
| ·Perlocutionary Effect of King's Selected Speeches | 第54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第57-60页 |
| ·Main Findings through the Study | 第57-59页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第59页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第59-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-62页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文及其他成果 | 第62-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63页 |
