中美领导人跨文化语境校园演讲对话收缩资源对比的研究.pdfVIP

万方数据 Acknowledgements It is my pleasure to express my deep appreciation to all the people who have contributed a lot to the final completion of this thesis. First and Foremost, I would like to express my thankfulness to my supervisor Professor Wang Hongxiao and Teacher Ou Yali who is also an English teacher from Chang’an University. They have given me constant encouragement, professional instruction and constructive advice at every stage-- from the selection of the subject to the revision of the thesis in the past three years. This thesis could not have been accomplished without their enthusiastic encouragement and instruction. Secondly, I want to thank the teachers who gave me insightful lectures during my postgraduate study. They have given me inspiration and wide knowledge. Finally, I am also very grateful to my parents and friends for their constant encouragement all the time. 万方数据 万方数据 Abstract Political leaders are representatives of their countries, and their speeches at universities in intercultural contexts play a significant role in international communication. Although their speeches have been studied by many scholars, most of the scholars have studied them from the perspectives of stylistics, Systemic Functional Linguistics (before the appearance of Appraisal Theory) and Critical Discourse Analysis. The present research tries to conduct a comparative study of Chinese and United States (U.S.) leaders’ speeches at universiti