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1. Introduction
1.1 Research background
1.2 Purpose and significance of the research
1.3 Organization of the thesis
2. Literature Review
2.1 Literature review of political discourse
2.2 A review of of American governmental discourse
2.3 Previous studies on Halliday’s transitivity theory
3. Theoretical Framework
3.1 Critical discourse analysis
3.2 Main concepts in CDA:language, power and ideology
3.3 Fairclough’s three-dimensional model theory
3.4 Transitivity system in SFG
3.5 Identifying of clauses in transitivity system
4. Research Design
4.1 Research questions
4.2 Data collection
4.3 Research methods
4.4 Research procedures
5. Results and Analysis
5.1 Overall distribution of transitivity processes in China-related discourses
5.2 Material process concerning China’s national image
5.3 Relational process concerning China’s national image
5.4 Mental process concerning China’s national image
6. Conclusion
6.1 Major findings of the study
6.2 Implications of the study
6.3 Limitations of the study and suggestions for further research
参考文献
致谢
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山西师范大学;