| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Research background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Methodology and data collection | 第12-13页 |
| ·Outline of the present thesis | 第13-14页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第14-36页 |
| ·The Study on political public speech | 第14-16页 |
| ·Political public speech | 第14页 |
| ·The previous study on political public speeches | 第14-16页 |
| ·Appraisal theory | 第16-36页 |
| ·An overview of appraisal theory | 第16-17页 |
| ·Attitude in detail | 第17-31页 |
| ·Engagement and graduation | 第31-33页 |
| ·Applications of appraisal theory | 第33-36页 |
| 3. Attitudinal Meanings in U.S. Presidential Speeches to American University Students | 第36-55页 |
| ·A Sample analysis from the perspective of attitudinal resources | 第36-41页 |
| ·The sample speech | 第37页 |
| ·The detailed analysis of the sample speech | 第37-41页 |
| ·A preliminary statistics of values of attitude of the data | 第41-43页 |
| ·Attitudinal meanings from the perspective of affect resources | 第43-45页 |
| ·Attitudinal meanings from the perspective of judgment resources | 第45-52页 |
| ·The social esteem and social sanction in U.S. presidential speeches to American students | 第46-48页 |
| ·The explicit and implicit judgment in U.S. presidential speeches | 第48-49页 |
| ·The various types of judgment in U.S. presidential speeches | 第49-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51-52页 |
| ·Attitudinal meanings from the perspective of appreciation resources | 第52-55页 |
| 4. Findings and Discussions | 第55-57页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| ·Implications | 第57-58页 |
| ·Limitations | 第58页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第58-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-63页 |
| Appendix 1: The Sample Speech——Space Effort | 第63-65页 |
| Appendix 2: List of Speeches Analyzed | 第65页 |
