封面
声明
致谢
英文摘要
中文摘要
Table of Contents
目录
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Research Purpose and Significance
1.3 Research Questions
1.4 Organization of the Thesis
2. Literature Review
2.1 Brief Introduction to Michelle Obama
2.2 Studies on Public Speeches
2.3 Studies on Rhetorical Structure Theory
2.4 Comments on Previous Studies
3. Theoretical Framework
3.1 The Development of RST
3.2 The Core Contents of RST
3.3 The Applications of RST
3.4 The Framework for the Present Study
4. Methodology
4.1 Data Collection
4.2 Research Tool—RST Tool
4.3 RST Discourse Treebank Building
5. Results and Discussions
5.1 Rhetorical Analysis of Sample Speeches
5.2 Statistics Analysis of Rhetorical Features
5.3 General Rhetorical Structure Pattern of Michelle Obama’s Speeches
6. Conclusion
6.1 Major Findings of the Study
6.2 Implications of the Study
6.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study
参考文献
Appendix I
Appendix II
作者简历
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