| Abstract | 第1-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-14页 |
| ·Objectives | 第12页 |
| ·Significance | 第12-13页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-25页 |
| ·The development of discourse analysis | 第14-16页 |
| ·Studies on attitudinal resources | 第16-21页 |
| ·Studies on public speeches | 第21-25页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第25-35页 |
| ·Appraisal Theory | 第25-27页 |
| ·Attitudinal resources | 第27-35页 |
| ·Affect | 第29-30页 |
| ·Judgment | 第30-32页 |
| ·Appreciation | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology | 第35-40页 |
| ·Research questions | 第35页 |
| ·Data collection | 第35-37页 |
| ·Study instrument | 第37-38页 |
| ·Research methods | 第38页 |
| ·Research procedures | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第40-58页 |
| ·Attitudinal resources in speeches on education, politics and economy | 第40-49页 |
| ·Attitudinal resources in educational public speeches | 第42-44页 |
| ·Attitudinal resources in political public speeches | 第44-47页 |
| ·Attitudinal resources in economic public speeches | 第47-49页 |
| ·Differences and similarities in the employment of attitudinal resources | 第49-53页 |
| ·The embodiment of attitudinal resources | 第53-58页 |
| ·Attitudinal resources at lexical level | 第54-56页 |
| ·Attitudinal resources at discourse level | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第58-61页 |
| ·Research findings | 第58-59页 |
| ·Research limitations | 第59-60页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第60-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-65页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第65-66页 |
| AppendixⅠ: Publications | 第66-67页 |
| AppendixⅡ: Speeches for the present study | 第67-70页 |
| AppendixⅢ: The frequency of typical attitudinal lexis | 第70-72页 |
