声明
致谢
Chapter1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Presupposition
2.1.1 The Philosophical Origin of Presupposition
2.1.2 Previous Studies of Presupposition
2.2 Presupposition Triggers
2.2.1 Definition of Presupposition Triggers
2.2.2 Classifications of Presupposition Triggers
2.2.3 Previous Studies on Presupposition Triggers
2.3 US PresidentialTVDebates
Chapter 3 Methodology
3.1 Research Questions
3.2 Research Materials
3.3 Research Procedures
Chapter 4 Presupposition Analysis in Donald Trump-Hilary Clinton’s 2016 First Presidential TV Debate
4.1 Lexical Analysis of Presuppositions Triggers
4.1.1 Verbs
4.1.2 Iterative Adverbs
4.1.3 Summary
4.2 Syntactic Analysis of Presupposition Triggers
4.2.1 Temporal Clauses
4.2.2Cleft Sentences
4.2.3 Non-restrictive Clauses
4.2.4Interrogative Sentences
4.2.5 Counterfactual Conditionals
4.2.6 Summary
Chapter 5 Conclusion
5.1 Main Findings of the Thesis
5.1.1 Difference of Usage of Presupposition Triggers between Trump and Clinton
5.1.2 Functions of Presupposition Triggers
5.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study
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