| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract (in English) | 第5-6页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Research Questions | 第10页 |
| 1.3 Research Purpose and Significance | 第10-11页 |
| 1.4 Research Methodology | 第11-12页 |
| 1.5 Organization of This Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-25页 |
| 2.1 Review of Critical Discourse Analysis | 第14-19页 |
| 2.1.1 Previous Studies of Critical Discourse Analysis Abroad | 第15-16页 |
| 2.1.2 Previous Studies of Critical Discourse Analysis at Home | 第16-19页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Fairclough’s Three-Dimensional Model | 第19-22页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies on Hillary’s Political Speeches | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第25-32页 |
| 3.1 Main Tenets of Discourse by Fairclough’s Three-Dimensional Model | 第25-28页 |
| 3.2 Three Stages of Fairclough’s Three-Dimensional Model | 第28-32页 |
| 3.2.1 Description | 第28页 |
| 3.2.2 Interpretation | 第28-30页 |
| 3.2.3 Explanation | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Four A Critical Discourse Analysis on Hillary’s 2016 Election Speeches | 第32-58页 |
| 4.1 Description of the Linguistic Features | 第32-48页 |
| 4.1.1 Description from the Ideational Function | 第32-42页 |
| 4.1.2 Description from the Interpersonal Function | 第42-46页 |
| 4.1.3 Description from the Textual Function | 第46-48页 |
| 4.2 Interpretation of Relationships between the Speeches and Social Contexts | 第48-53页 |
| 4.2.2 Participants and their Relations in the Speeches | 第51-52页 |
| 4.2.3 The Role of Language in Organizing Discourses | 第52-53页 |
| 4.3 Explanation in Social Contexts | 第53-58页 |
| 4.3.1 The Power Construction | 第53-55页 |
| 4.3.2 The Identity construction | 第55-58页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第58-62页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第58-59页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第59-60页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-66页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第66-67页 |
| About the Author | 第67页 |
