封面
声明
英文摘要
中文摘要
目录
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research background
1.2 Objectives of the thesis
1.3 Organization of the thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Halliday’s Systemic Functional Theory
2.2 Studies on Information structure
2.3 Studies on public speeches
Chapter Three Methodology and Theoretical Framework
3.1 Research method
3.2 Research questions
3.4 Theoretical framework
Chapter Four Analyses of Nobel Prize Winners’ Speeches in Literature
4.1 Analyses of Information structure in speeches
4.2 Features of theme in speeches
4.3 Features of thematic progression pattern in speeches
4.4 Features of Information focus devices in speeches
4.5 Summary and discussion of the results
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Summary of the thesis
5.2 Major findings of the thesis
5.3 Implications of the thesis
5.4 Limitations of the thesis
References
Acknowledgement
Appendix
Publication during the Postgraduate Program