| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-11页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and significance of the research | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the thesis | 第13-15页 |
| 2. Literature Review and Theoretical Framework | 第15-29页 |
| 2.1 Previous studies on interpersonal meaning home and abroad | 第15-16页 |
| 2.2 Previous studies on political speech home and abroad | 第16-20页 |
| 2.3 The systematic-functional linguistics and appraisal theory | 第20-29页 |
| 2.3.1 The modality system within SFL | 第21-25页 |
| 2.3.2 The attitude system within appraisal theory | 第25-29页 |
| 3. Research Design | 第29-35页 |
| 3.1 Research questions | 第29页 |
| 3.2 Data collection | 第29-32页 |
| 3.3 Research method | 第32-35页 |
| 4. Data Analysis of Modality System and Attitude System | 第35-61页 |
| 4.1 A brief introduction of the corpus | 第35-37页 |
| 4.2 Statistical results | 第37-39页 |
| 4.3 The analysis of interpersonal meaning construction within modality system | 第39-44页 |
| 4.4 The analysis of interpersonal meaning construction within attitude system | 第44-55页 |
| 4.4.1 Analysis of affect resources | 第44-48页 |
| 4.4.2 Analysis of judgement resources | 第48-52页 |
| 4.4.3 Analysis of appreciation resources | 第52-55页 |
| 4.5 The analysis of interpersonal meaning construction | 第55-61页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第61-65页 |
| 5.1 Major findings | 第61-62页 |
| 5.2 Implications, limitations and suggestions | 第62-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-69页 |
| Appendix | 第69-71页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第71-73页 |
| Publications | 第73页 |
