| 内容提要 | 第1-5页 |
| Synopsis | 第5-9页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第9-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE THEORIES OF THEME | 第12-42页 |
| ·DEVELOPMENT OF THEME THEORIES | 第12-22页 |
| ·CLASSIFICATION OF THEME | 第22-31页 |
| ·IDENTIFICATION OF THEME | 第31-39页 |
| ·FUNCTIONS OF THEME | 第39-42页 |
| CHAPTER TWO THEORIES OF THEMATIC PROGRESSION | 第42-57页 |
| ·PATTERNS OF THEMATIC PROGRESSION | 第42-50页 |
| ·LOGICAL SEMANTIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THEMES AND RHEMES IN THEMATIC PROGRESSION PATTERNS | 第50-53页 |
| ·THE APPLICATION OF THEMATIC PROGRESSION THEORY TO VARIOUS GENRES | 第53-57页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第57-61页 |
| ·PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH | 第57页 |
| ·DATA COLLECTION | 第57-58页 |
| ·METHOD | 第58-59页 |
| ·PROCEDURE | 第59-61页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR ANALYSIS OF THEMATIC STRUCTURE IN PUBLIC SPEECHES | 第61-85页 |
| ·ANALYSIS OF THEME | 第61-76页 |
| ·Three Types of Theme and Their Distribution | 第61-70页 |
| ·Analysis of Simple Theme | 第61-64页 |
| ·Analysis of Multiple Theme | 第64-66页 |
| ·Analysis of Clausal Theme | 第66-69页 |
| ·Results and Interpretation | 第69-70页 |
| ·Constituents as Theme | 第70-73页 |
| ·Markedness of the Theme | 第73-76页 |
| ·ANALYSIS OF THEMATIC PROGRESSION | 第76-85页 |
| ·Thematic Progression Patterns in Public Speeches | 第76-80页 |
| ·Distribution of the Thematic Progression Patterns and the Interpretation | 第80-82页 |
| ·Logical Semantic Relations between Themes and Rhemes in Public Speeches | 第82-85页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第85-89页 |
| ·MAJOR FINDINGS | 第85-86页 |
| ·IMPLICATIONS | 第86-87页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS | 第87-89页 |
| REFERENCES | 第89-93页 |
| APPENDIX: SOURCE OF THE SPEECHES ANALYZED | 第93-94页 |
| 论文摘要 | 第94-98页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第98-104页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第104页 |
