| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-18页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第18-21页 |
| ·Significance of this Study | 第18-19页 |
| ·Objectives of this Study | 第19页 |
| ·Organization of this Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第21-32页 |
| ·Previous Studies on American Presidential Inaugural Addresses | 第21-24页 |
| ·The political view | 第21-22页 |
| ·The structural and generic view | 第22-23页 |
| ·The stylistic or rhetoric view | 第23-24页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Transitivity | 第24-32页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第32-39页 |
| ·Halliday's Approach to Transitivity | 第32-36页 |
| ·Material process | 第33-34页 |
| ·Mental process | 第34页 |
| ·Relational process | 第34-35页 |
| ·Verbal process | 第35-36页 |
| ·Existential process | 第36页 |
| ·Behavioral process | 第36页 |
| ·Advantages and Disadvantages of Halliday's Model | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Four METHODOLOGY | 第39-42页 |
| ·Data Source | 第39页 |
| ·Data Selection | 第39-40页 |
| ·Data Analysis Methods and Procedures | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Five RESULTS: TRANSITIVITY STATISTICS OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL ADDRESSES | 第42-58页 |
| ·Transitivity Statistics of Inaugural Addresses of the Democratic Party | 第42-49页 |
| ·Franklin Roosevelt's inaugural address | 第42-44页 |
| ·Harry S. Truman's inaugural address | 第44-45页 |
| ·John Kennedy's inaugural address | 第45-46页 |
| ·Bill Clinton's inaugural address | 第46-48页 |
| ·Barack Obama's inaugural address | 第48-49页 |
| ·Transitivity Statistics of Inaugural Addresses of the Republican Party | 第49-58页 |
| ·Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address | 第49-51页 |
| ·Richard Nixon's inaugural address | 第51-52页 |
| ·Ronald Reagan's inaugural address | 第52-54页 |
| ·George Bush's inaugural address | 第54-55页 |
| ·George Walker Bush's inaugural address | 第55-58页 |
| Chapter Six DISCUSSION: FUNCTIONS AND FEATURES OF TRANSITIVITY PROCESSES IN AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL ADDRESSES | 第58-90页 |
| ·Functions of Transitivity Processes in American Presidential Addresses | 第59-69页 |
| ·Functions of material processes | 第59-61页 |
| ·Functions of relational processes | 第61-64页 |
| ·Functions of mental processes | 第64-66页 |
| ·Functions of verbal processes | 第66-67页 |
| ·Functions of existential processes | 第67-68页 |
| ·Functions of behavioral processes | 第68-69页 |
| ·Distributions of Transitivity Processes | 第69-78页 |
| ·Material processes | 第69-71页 |
| ·Relational processes | 第71-72页 |
| ·Mental processes | 第72-74页 |
| ·Verbal processes | 第74-75页 |
| ·Existential processes | 第75-76页 |
| ·Behavioral processes | 第76-78页 |
| ·Distribution Features of Transitivity Types in American Presidential Inaugural Addresses | 第78-81页 |
| ·Distribution Features: Inaugural Addresses VS Texts of Other Types | 第81-90页 |
| ·Inaugural addresses VS English news reports | 第82-86页 |
| ·Inaugural addresses VS English recruitment advertising texts | 第86-87页 |
| ·Inaugural addresses VS EST texts | 第87-90页 |
| Chapter Seven CONCLUSION | 第90-93页 |
| ·Summary | 第90-91页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第91-92页 |
| ·Limitations of This Research and Suggestions for Future Studies | 第92-93页 |
| REFERENCES | 第93-99页 |
| APPENDIX | 第99页 |
