criticaldiscourseanalysisonideologyandlinguisticfeatures2012u.s.firstpresidentialdebate

1、 CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON IDEOLOGY AND LINGUISTIC FEATURES: 2012 U.S. FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE by Wu Meng-jie A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate School of Xi’an International Studies University in partial fulfil

2、lment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Xi’an, China 2014 ORIGINALITY RESEARCH STATEMENT In light of the university’s academic morals and ethics, I hereb

3、y declare that this thesis represents the original research effort that I have made on the advice of my academic supervisor. To the best of my knowledge, no portion of this thesis has been copyrighted previously unless p

4、roperly referenced, and whoever has contributed to this study is explicitly identified and appreciated in the Acknowledgements section of this thesis. If there is a breach of the copyright law, I indemnify Xi’an Internat