Contents
摘要
Abstract
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Significance of the Study
1.3 Organization of the Thesis
1.4 Innovation of the Study
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Signifier and Signified
2.1.1 Sign
2.1.2 Signifier
2.1.3 Signified
2.2 Signification
2.2.1 Semiotic Connotation
2.2.2 Semiotic Denotation
2.3 Syntagm and System
2.3.1 Syntagm
2.3.2 System
2.4 Rhetorical Discourse
2.4.1 Definition of Rhetorical Discourse
2.4.2 Features of Rhetorical Discourse
2.5 Application of Barthes’ Semiology to Rhetorical Discourse
2.6 Studies at Home and Aboard
2.6.1 Studies at Holne
2.6.2 Studies Aboard
Chapter Three Analysis of Rhetorical Discourse of the Host in Readers
3.1 ABrief Introduction of Readers
3.2 Main Figures of Speech in Dongqing’s Diseourse
3.2.1 Simile
3.2.2 Metaphor
3.2.3 Metonymy
3.2.4 Parallelism
3.3 Analysis of Signifier and Signified
3.3.1 Simile
3.3.2 Metaphor
3.3.3 Metonymy
3.4 Analysis of Signification
3.4.1 Simile
3.4.2 Metaphor
3.4.3 Metonymy
3.5 Analysis of Syntagm and System
3.5.1 Metaphor
3.5.2 Parallelism
Chapter Four Conclusion
4.1 Findings of the Study
4.2 Limitations of the Study
Bibliography
攻读硕士学位期间所发表的学术论文
声明
Acknowledgements