摘要

本文选取了美国总统特朗普在73届联合国大会的演讲作为语料，综合的选取现代文体学等理论方法，从语音层面、词汇层面、句法层面、篇章结构层面以及语境层面等方面，采取定性与定量研究相结合对本篇语料进行深度分析，通过图表和数据的分析，尝试总结出美国总统特朗普演讲的文体特征。

关键词:  美国总统特朗普  文体学  公众演讲

Contents

1 Introduction 1

1.1 General Introduction of the Topic 1

1.2 Significance of Study 2

2 Literature Review 4

2.1 Public Speech 4

2.1.1　   Definition of Public Speech 4

2.1.2　   Features of Public Speech 4

2.1.3　   Definition of Political Speech 5

2.1.3　   Pervious Researches on Political Speech 6

2.2 Stylistic Theories 6

2.3   Present States of the Stylistic Research on Political Public Speech 9

3   Methodology 10

3.1 Research Question 10

3.2 Data Collection 10

3.3 Methods of Analysis 10

3.3.1　   Linguistic Description 10

3.3.2　   Textual Analysis 11

3.3.3　   Contextual Analysis 11

4   Linguistic Description 13

4.1 On the level of Phonology 13

4.1.1　   Alliteration 13

4.1.2　   Rhyme 15

4.2 On the level of Lexis 16

4.2.1　   Use of Hard words 17

4.2.2　   Personal Pronouns 19

4.3 On the level of Syntax 22

4.3.1　   Length of Sentence 22

4.3.2　   Tense of Sentence 23

4.3.3　   Type of Sentence 25

5 Textual Analysis 27

5.1    Cohesive Device 27

5.1.1　   Reference 27

5.1.2　   Conjunction 29

5.2    Discourse Structure 30

5.2.1　   The Introduction Part of the speech 30

5.2.2　   The Main Body of the speech 31

5.2.3　   The Conclusion Part of the speech 31

6 Contextual Analysis 33

6.1 Field of Discourse 33

6.2 Tenor of Discourse 33

6.3 Mode of Discourse 34

Conclusion 35

Acknowledgements 37

References 38