TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1. RATIONALE
1.2. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
1.3. RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1.4. SCOPE OF THE STUDY
1.5. DEFINITION OF TERMS
1.6. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
1.7. ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY
Chapter 2 LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
2.1. REVIEW OF PRIOR STUDIES
2.2. THEORETCAL BACKGROUND
2.2.1. Stylistic devices
2.2.2. Repetition
2.2.3. Metaphor
2.2.4. Rhetorical
2.2.5. Questions
2.2.6. Metonymy
2.2.7. Alliteration
2.2.8. Political Speeches
2.3. APPRAISAL THEORY
2.3.1. Dialogistic Positioning
2.3.2. Affection
2.4. SUMMARY
Chapter 3 METHODS AND PROCEDURE
3.1. RESEARCH DESIGN
3.2. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURE
3.3. SAMPLING
3.4. INSTRUMENTATION
3.5. DATA COLLECTION
3.6. DATA ANALYSIS
3.7. RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY
Chapter 4 DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
4.1 THE LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF THE TYPICAL STYLISTIC DEVICES
4.1.1 Metaphor in Political Speeches by the US Presidents
4.1.2. Metonymy in Political Speeches by US Presidents
4.1.3 Personification in Political Speeches by the US Presidents
4.1.4. Alliteration in Political Speeches by the US Presidents
4.1.5. Rhetorical Questions in Political Speeches by the US Presidents
4.1.6. Repetition in Political Speeches by US Presidents
4.2. THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF STYLISTIC DEVICES IN POLITICAL SPEECHES IN VIEW OF APPRAISAL THEORIES
4.2.1 The Lexical Salient Features
4.2.2 The Effect in Signaling Affection
Chapter 5 CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
5.1. CONCLUSIONS
5.2. IMPLICATIONS
5.2.1. For Learning of English
5.2.2. For Teaching of English
5.3. LIMITATIONS
5.4. RECOMMENDATIONS