| Synopsis | 第1-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第8页 |
| ·Significance | 第8-10页 |
| ·Overview of Thesis | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第11-23页 |
| ·Three Metafunctions | 第11页 |
| ·Ideational Function | 第11-12页 |
| ·Transitivity | 第12-20页 |
| ·Traditional Grammar's View on Transitivity and Its Limitation | 第12-13页 |
| ·Systemic-Functional Grammar's(SFG) Approaches to Transitivity | 第13-14页 |
| ·Types of Transitivity in Hallidayan SFG | 第14-19页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Transitivity | 第19-20页 |
| ·Public Speech | 第20-23页 |
| ·The Definition and Elements of Public Speeches | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Definition and Features of Political Speeches | 第21-22页 |
| ·Features and Significance of American Presidential Inaugural Addresses | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第23-26页 |
| ·Research Design | 第23页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第23页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第23-26页 |
| ·Make a Transitivity Analysis in Terms of Processes | 第23-25页 |
| ·Make a Transitivity Analysis in Terms of Participants | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter Four Transitivity Analysis of American President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address | 第26-39页 |
| ·Distributions of Six Processes in President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address | 第26-28页 |
| ·Distributions and Functions of Transitivity Processes in President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address | 第28-33页 |
| ·Distributions and Functions of Material Processes in President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address | 第28-30页 |
| ·Distributions and Functions of Relational Processes in President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address | 第30-32页 |
| ·Distributions and Functions of Mental Processes in President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address | 第32-33页 |
| ·Distributions and Functions of Verbal Processes in President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address | 第33页 |
| ·Distributions and Functions of Main Participants in President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address | 第33-39页 |
| ·Analysis of we/our/us as Participants | 第34-35页 |
| ·Analysis of they/them/their as Participants | 第35-36页 |
| ·Analysis of you/your as Participants | 第36-37页 |
| ·Analysis of I/my/me as Participants | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Five Findings and Implications | 第39-44页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-40页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第40-41页 |
| ·Implications | 第41-42页 |
| ·Implications on Pedagogy | 第41-42页 |
| ·Implications on Cross-cultural Communication | 第42页 |
| ·Limitations | 第42页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第42-44页 |
| Bibliography | 第44-48页 |
| Appendix | 第48-53页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第53-54页 |
| 导师及作者简介 | 第54-55页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第55-57页 |
| Abstract | 第57-60页 |
