| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter One:Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| ·Research Background | 第8-9页 |
| ·The Purpose of the Study | 第9页 |
| ·Data Collection and Research Method | 第9-11页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two:Literature Review | 第12-29页 |
| ·Previous Research on Interpersonal Meaning | 第12-15页 |
| ·Rhetorical approach | 第12-13页 |
| ·Literary criticism approach | 第13页 |
| ·Pragmatic approach | 第13-15页 |
| ·Sociolinguistic approach | 第15页 |
| ·Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar as Framework to Analyze Interpersonal Meaning | 第15-20页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Systemic Functional Grammar | 第16页 |
| ·Three Metafunctions of Language | 第16-19页 |
| ·Reasons for Adopting Systemic Functional Grammar to Analyze Interpersonal Meaning | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Realization Means of Interpersonal Meaning | 第20-29页 |
| ·Mood system | 第21-24页 |
| ·Modality System | 第24-26页 |
| ·Person System | 第26-27页 |
| ·Tense System | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Three:A Brief Introduction to Obama's Political Career and PoliticalSpeeches | 第29-33页 |
| ·Political Career of Obama | 第29-30页 |
| ·Presidency of Obama | 第30页 |
| ·Barack Obama Phenomenon | 第30-31页 |
| ·Features of Political Speeches | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 4:The Analysis of Interpersonal Meaning in Obama's Speeches | 第33-72页 |
| ·Interpersonal meaning realized by mood system | 第33-43页 |
| ·Mood distribution in the speeches | 第33-35页 |
| ·Declarative | 第35-37页 |
| ·Imperative | 第37-40页 |
| ·Interrogative | 第40-43页 |
| ·Interpersonal meaning realized by modality system | 第43-55页 |
| ·Modality distribution in the speeches | 第43-45页 |
| ·Modalization | 第45-49页 |
| ·Modulation | 第49-54页 |
| ·Ability/Potentiality | 第54-55页 |
| ·Interpersonal meaning realized by person system | 第55-64页 |
| ·Personal pronoun distribution in the speeches | 第55-57页 |
| ·First personal pronoun | 第57-61页 |
| ·Second personal pronoun | 第61-63页 |
| ·Third personal pronoun | 第63-64页 |
| ·Interpersonal meaning realized by tense system | 第64-72页 |
| ·Tense distribution in the speeches | 第64-66页 |
| ·Present tense, past tense and future tense | 第66-68页 |
| ·Tense shift | 第68-72页 |
| Chapter Five:Conclusion | 第72-74页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第72-73页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Research and Suggestions for the Future Study | 第73-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-77页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第77-78页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间主要的研究成果 | 第78页 |
