Chapter One Introduction： Discourse， War Legitimacy and the Iraq War 1.1 Background 1.2 The notion of discourse 1.3 Discourse and war 1.4 Iraq War discourse studies： an overview 1.5 Research objectives 1.6 Data 1.7 Chapter overview
Chapter Two Theoretical Framework and Methodology 2.1 Critical discourse analysis 2.2 Analyzing war legitimation discourse in an interdisciplinary framework 2.3 Corpus-based CDA 2.4 Summary
Chapter Three Organization and Reorganization of Clusters and Constellations in Iraq War Discourse 3.1 Overview 3.2 Content-based analysis 3.3 Data description 3.4 Discussion 3.5 Summary
Chapter Four Axiologicai Investigation： Appraisal Analysis 4.1 The theoretical foundation of the appraisal framework 4.2 Corpus approach to appraisal analysis 4.3 Inscribed attitude analysis 4.4 Engagement analysis 4.5 Summary
Chapter Five Epistemic Investigation： Transitivity Analysis 5.1 Epistemic relations and ideational meaning 5.2 Corpus approach to transitivity analysis 5.3 Data description and explanation 5.4 Summary
Chapter Six A Complementary Perspective： Analyzing Text as It Unfolds 6.1 Complementarity of quantitative and qualitative approaches 6.2 Samples for analysis 6.3 Appraisal analysis 6.4 Transitivity analysis 6.5 Summary
Chapter Seven Conclusion 7.1 Summary of the findings 7.2 Research significance and implications 7.3 Limitations and suggestions for further study
References Appendix A Corpus of Presidential Speeches Appendix B Keyword Lists Appendix C Claws 4 Tag Set for Verbs Acknowledgements
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