| 内容提要 | 第1-5页 |
| Synopsis | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review of Related Studies | 第12-40页 |
| ·Discourse Analysis | 第12-22页 |
| ·Definition of Discourse | 第12-13页 |
| ·Discourse Analysis | 第13-17页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Discourse Analysis in China | 第17-18页 |
| ·Studies on Discourse of U.S Presidential Debates | 第18-22页 |
| ·Studies on Context | 第22-40页 |
| ·What is Context? | 第22-25页 |
| ·Traditional Views on Context | 第25-29页 |
| 2 2.2.1 Malinowski’s Concept of Context | 第25-26页 |
| ·Firth’s Context Theory | 第26-28页 |
| ·Halliday’s Register Theory | 第28-29页 |
| ·A Brief Review of Dynamic Context | 第29-37页 |
| ·Context in the Framework of Relevance Theory | 第29-33页 |
| ·Context in the Framework of Theory of Adaptation | 第33-37页 |
| ·A Brief Review of Researches on Context in China | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter 3 A Pragmatic View on U.S Presidential Debates | 第40-45页 |
| ·The Format of U.S Presidential Debates | 第40-41页 |
| ·Characteristics of U.S Presidential Debates | 第41-42页 |
| ·Politics of Language in U.S Presidential Debates | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter 4 The First 2004 Bush-Kerry Presidential Debate: A Case Study | 第45-104页 |
| ·Approaches to Analysis of the Debate and Research Questions | 第45-46页 |
| ·Approaches Adopted | 第45-46页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第46页 |
| ·Interpreting Context of the Presidential Debate | 第46-51页 |
| ·Clarifying Communicative Context | 第46-50页 |
| ·Identifying Linguistic Context | 第50-51页 |
| ·Discursive Construction of Context in the Presidential Debat | 第51-104页 |
| ·Construction of Context by Means of Lexicon | 第51-78页 |
| ·Lexical Choice of First Personal Pronouns | 第52-66页 |
| ·Lexical Choice of Modal Auxiliaries | 第66-75页 |
| ·Lexical Choice of Content Verbs | 第75-78页 |
| ·Construction of Context by Means of Syntax | 第78-86页 |
| ·Choice of Tense | 第78-82页 |
| ·Choice of Voice | 第82-86页 |
| ·Construction of Context by Means of Text Organization | 第86-94页 |
| ·Choice of Parallelism | 第86-90页 |
| ·Metadiscourse Devices | 第90-94页 |
| ·Construction of Context by Discursive Strategies | 第94-104页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition | 第94-99页 |
| ·Lexical Reiteration | 第99-104页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第104-109页 |
| Bibliography | 第109-113页 |
| Appendix | 第113-141页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第141-147页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第147-155页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第155页 |
