| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-17页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第17-27页 |
| ·Origin and Rationale for the Present Study | 第17-21页 |
| ·The Objectives of the Present Study | 第21-22页 |
| ·Methodology | 第22-24页 |
| ·Organization of the Dissertation | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第27-47页 |
| ·Intellectual Background for CDA | 第27-31页 |
| ·The Linguistic Turn in Intellectual Climate | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Rhetorical Turn in Discourse Studies | 第28-30页 |
| ·The Critical Turn in the Study of Discourse | 第30-31页 |
| ·CDA: An Overview | 第31-40页 |
| ·The Genesis of Critical Discourse Analysis | 第31-34页 |
| ·A Diverse Picture of Research on CDA abroad | 第34-35页 |
| ·Research on CDA at Home | 第35-36页 |
| ·Research on Metaphor in CDA | 第36-38页 |
| ·Critical Response to CDA | 第38-40页 |
| ·From Critical Response to CDA to the Introduction of the Rhetorical Perspective | 第40-45页 |
| ·Discourse Analysis and Rhetorical Criticism: Where They Converge and Diverge | 第42-44页 |
| ·Shared Focus between CDA and Critical Rhetoric | 第44-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Preliminaries | 第47-67页 |
| ·Defining Key Concepts | 第47-55页 |
| ·Discourse | 第47-49页 |
| ·Power | 第49-50页 |
| ·Ideology | 第50-54页 |
| ·Being Critical | 第54-55页 |
| ·Ideology and the Social Construction of Meaning | 第55-62页 |
| ·The Critical Turn in the Study of Communication | 第55-56页 |
| ·Language as a Site of Social Struggle | 第56-58页 |
| ·Ideology as a Conceptual Link between Communication and Power | 第58-62页 |
| ·The Possibility of Rhetorical Agency | 第62-63页 |
| ·Ideology, Symbolic Action and Agency | 第63-65页 |
| ·Summary | 第65-67页 |
| Chapter Four Rhetoric, Power and Ideology | 第67-98页 |
| ·An Evolving Conception of Rhetoric | 第67-71页 |
| ·A Glimpse of Classical Rhetoric | 第67-69页 |
| ·An Overview of Rhetoric in Contemporary Times | 第69-71页 |
| ·Three Perspectives of Rhetorical Studies | 第71页 |
| ·Problematizing “Rhetoric as Epistemic” | 第71-73页 |
| ·From A Pragmatic View of Rhetoric to Rhetorical Materialism | 第73-77页 |
| ·A Turn in Rhetorical Paradigm | 第73-75页 |
| ·An Anatomy of Rhetorical Materialism | 第75-76页 |
| ·Comparing a Pragmatic Theory of Rhetoric and Rhetorical Materialism | 第76-77页 |
| ·A Running Theme in Rhetoric | 第77-91页 |
| ·The Self-effacement of Rhetoric | 第77-82页 |
| ·Rhetoric and Power | 第82-84页 |
| ·Rhetoric as Power Articulation | 第82-83页 |
| ·The Rhetorical Logic of Power | 第83-84页 |
| ·Rhetoric and Ideology | 第84-91页 |
| ·The Internal Modes of Operation of Ideology | 第84-88页 |
| ·Rhetoric as Carrier and Demystifier of Ideology | 第88-91页 |
| ·Etho as the Nexus between Rhetoric and CDA | 第91-97页 |
| ·Etho in Classical Rhetoric | 第91-94页 |
| ·Campbell’s Theorizing of Etho | 第94-95页 |
| ·Postmodern etho | 第95-97页 |
| ·Summary | 第97-98页 |
| Chapter Five Deconstruction and ReconstructionKenneth Burke’s Implication for CDA | 第98-126页 |
| ·Kenneth Burke and Rhetoric as Symbolic Action | 第98-105页 |
| ·A Synoptic View of Burke | 第98-100页 |
| ·Language as Metaphorical Selection | 第100-103页 |
| ·Terministic Screens as Constitutive of Rhetoric | 第103-105页 |
| ·Kenneth Burke’s Dramatistic Pentad | 第105-113页 |
| ·The Power of Naming | 第105-106页 |
| ·Dramatism | 第106-111页 |
| ·The Paradoxical Term of Substance | 第111-113页 |
| ·A Rhetoric of Motives: Identification and Consubstantiality | 第113-115页 |
| ·The Burkean Framework: Deconstruction and Reconstruction | 第115-121页 |
| ·Kenneth Burke the Ideologist | 第115-118页 |
| ·Incorporation of Marx and Freud in the Rhetorical Framework | 第118-119页 |
| ·Reflection on Burkean New Rhetoric | 第119-121页 |
| ·Burke’s Continued Relevance to Our Discussion of CDA | 第121-125页 |
| ·The Rhetoricality of CDA | 第121-122页 |
| ·Rhetorical Equipment for Living | 第122-125页 |
| ·Summary | 第125-126页 |
| Chapter Six Metaphor as Terministic Screen | 第126-146页 |
| ·Three Perspectives on the Relationship between Metaphor and ‘Reality | 第126-131页 |
| ·Description-oriented View of Metaphor | 第126-128页 |
| ·Constitution-oriented View of Metaphor | 第128-129页 |
| ·Deconstructive View of Metaphor | 第129-131页 |
| ·Metaphor through Rhetorical Lens | 第131-139页 |
| ·Metaphor as Formal Identification | 第131-132页 |
| ·The Rhetorical Constitution of Metaphors | 第132-139页 |
| ·Metaphor as Naming | 第133-135页 |
| ·Metaphor as Enthymeme | 第135-137页 |
| ·Metaphors as Arguments | 第137-139页 |
| ·The Ideological Dimensions of Metaphor | 第139-144页 |
| ·Metaphor, Ideology and Thought | 第139-141页 |
| ·Metaphor as a Central Strategy for Both Legitimisation and Delegitimisation | 第141-143页 |
| ·Metaphor as Evaluation | 第143页 |
| ·Metaphor and Myth | 第143-144页 |
| ·Summary | 第144-146页 |
| Chapter Seven Theoretical Model in Action | 第146-167页 |
| ·Metaphor analysis | 第146-158页 |
| ·Case One: Reports on Columbia High School Shooting | 第146-147页 |
| ·Case Two: Key Metaphors Circulating in Post 9/11 Discourse | 第147-158页 |
| ·Introductory Remarks | 第147-149页 |
| ·The War Metaphor: How It takes Shape in the President’s Address | 第149-151页 |
| ·The Metaphorical Nature of “War” | 第151-153页 |
| ·The War Metaphor as a “Double-Edged Sword” | 第153-154页 |
| ·Axis of Evil | 第154-155页 |
| ·War against Islamic Fascism | 第155-157页 |
| ·Summary | 第157-158页 |
| ·Pentad analysis | 第158-165页 |
| ·Introductory Remarks | 第158-160页 |
| ·Analysing the President’s Speech with Dramatic Pentad | 第160-163页 |
| ·The Hidden Ideology at Work | 第163-165页 |
| ·Summary | 第165-167页 |
| Chapter Eight Conclusions and Implications | 第167-171页 |
| ·Major Findings and Contributions | 第167-168页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第168-169页 |
| ·Limitations of the Research | 第169-170页 |
| ·Areas for Future Research | 第170-171页 |
| Appendix: President Bush’s Speech on September 20 | 第171-179页 |
| Bibliography | 第179-193页 |