| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| ·Research Background | 第10-11页 |
| ·Research Purpose and Significance | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第13页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-25页 |
| ·Previous Studies on State of the Union Addresses | 第15-18页 |
| ·The Perspective of Systemic Functional Grammar | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Perspective of Pragmatics | 第17页 |
| ·The Perspective of Cognitive Linguistics | 第17-18页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Identification Theory of Kenneth Burke's New Rhetoric | 第18-23页 |
| ·The Perspective of Psychology | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Perspective of Linguistics | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Perspective of English Teaching | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Perspective of Sociology | 第23页 |
| ·The Necessity of the Research | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第25-32页 |
| ·Identification and Division | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Identification Strategies of Identification Theory | 第26-32页 |
| ·Identification via Rhetorical Content | 第26-28页 |
| ·Identification via Rhetorical Forms | 第28-32页 |
| Chapter Four An Analysis on State of the Union Addresses within theFramework of Identification Theory | 第32-72页 |
| ·The Rhetorical Situation in State of the Union Addresses | 第32-35页 |
| ·Exigencies of State of the Union Addresses | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Division between the Addresser and the Addressee | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Motivations of the Addresser | 第34-35页 |
| ·Identification Strategies in State of the Union Addresses | 第35-69页 |
| ·Identification via Rhetorical Content in State of the Union Addresses | 第35-52页 |
| ·Identification via Rhetorical Forms in State of the Union Addresses | 第52-69页 |
| ·The Distributive Frequency of Different Strategies in State of the Union Addresses | 第69-72页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第72-77页 |
| ·Research Findings | 第72-75页 |
| ·Implications and Limitations | 第75-77页 |
| ·Implications | 第75页 |
| ·Limitations | 第75-77页 |
| Bibliography | 第77-81页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第81-82页 |
| 个人简历 | 第82页 |
