声明
Abstract
摘要
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Abbreviations
Contents
1.Introduction
1.1 Origin of the Study
1.2 Aim of the Study
1.3 Structure of this Thesis
2.Literature Review
2.1 Studies on Speeches
2.2 Theories on Information
2.2.1 Information in Information Theory (IT)
2.2.2 Information in Linguistics
2.2.3 Defining Redundancy
2.3 Previous Studies on Redundancy
2.3.1 Nida’s View
2.3.2 Nubold and Tumer’s View
2.3.3 Gillette and Wit’s view
2.3.4 Qian Guanlian’s View
2.3.5 Xu Shenghuan’s View
2.3.6 Wang Hong’s View
2.3.7 Zou Hua’s View
2.4 Research Questions
3.Theoretical Framework for Redundancy Analysis
3.1 Theoretical Basis
3.1.1 PIP
3.1.2 Adaptation Theory
3.2 Analyzing Framework
4.Case Studies of Public Speeches
4.1 Sample One
4.1.1 Quantitative analysis
4.1.2 Qualitative Analysis
4.2 Sample Two
4.2.1 Quantitative analysis
4.2.2 Qualitative Analysis
4.3 Sample Eight
4.4 Other Samples
5.Pragmatic Factors and Functions Causing Redundancy
5.1 Age
5.2 Social Relationship
5.3 Education
5.4 Contextual Factors
5.4.1 Objective Context
5.4.2 Subjective Context
5.4.3 Co-text Factors
5.5 Pragmatic Functions
6.Conclusion
6.1 Findings
6.2 Limitations
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Appendices
Publications