| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-8页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Motivation | 第10-11页 |
| ·Purpose | 第11-12页 |
| ·Methodology | 第12页 |
| ·Layout | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-41页 |
| ·Introduction | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Definitions and Classifications of Parallelism | 第15-18页 |
| ·Previous Study on Parallelism | 第18-22页 |
| ·Syntactic Approach | 第18-19页 |
| ·Functional Approach | 第19-21页 |
| ·Rhetorical Approach | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Characters of Parallelism | 第22-33页 |
| ·The Form Feature of Parallelism | 第22-30页 |
| ·The Semantic Feature of Parallelism | 第30-33页 |
| ·Contrast Between Parallelism and Some Other Figures of Speech | 第33-39页 |
| ·Parallelism and Antithesis | 第33-35页 |
| ·Parallelism and Climax | 第35-38页 |
| ·Parallelism and Repetition | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Limitation of the Previous Study | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第41-49页 |
| ·RT | 第41-46页 |
| ·An Overview of Major Studies of RT | 第41-43页 |
| ·Main Concepts of RT | 第43-46页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential Communication | 第43页 |
| ·Cognitive Environment and Mutual Manifestness | 第43-44页 |
| ·Contextual Effect and Processing Effort | 第44-45页 |
| ·Principles of Relevance and Optimal Relevance | 第45-46页 |
| ·RT and the Principle of Least Effort | 第46-47页 |
| ·Feasibility of Applying RT to the Study of Parallelism | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Four Case Study | 第49-66页 |
| ·Introduction | 第49页 |
| ·Case Study | 第49-66页 |
| ·Parallelism Analysis in Obama’s First Presidential Campaign Speech | 第49-56页 |
| ·Parallelism Analysis in President W. Bush’s Second Inaugural Speech | 第56-60页 |
| ·Parallelism Analysis in John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address in 1961 | 第60-66页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第66-69页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第66-67页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Future Research | 第67-69页 |
| References | 第69-72页 |
