| Abstract (in English) | 第1-11页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第11-13页 |
| List of Figures | 第13-14页 |
| List of Tables | 第14-15页 |
| Introduction | 第15-20页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第20-30页 |
| ·A brief survey of editorial discourse | 第20-28页 |
| ·The definition of editorial | 第20-22页 |
| ·Function and purpose of editorial discourse | 第22-23页 |
| ·The structure of editorial discourse | 第23-24页 |
| ·Approaches to editorial discourse abroad | 第24-25页 |
| ·Approaches to editorial discourse in China | 第25-28页 |
| ·Previous studies of Appraisal theory | 第28-30页 |
| ·The study of Appraisal theory abroad | 第28-29页 |
| ·The study of Appraisal theory in China | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Two An Overview of Appraisal Framework | 第30-49页 |
| ·The origin of Appraisal theory | 第30-32页 |
| ·The framework of Appraisal theory: an overview | 第32-48页 |
| ·Attitude | 第33-40页 |
| ·The innate relationship among the three variables of the system of Attitude—Affect, Judgment and Appreciation | 第34页 |
| ·Affect | 第34-35页 |
| ·Judgment | 第35-38页 |
| ·Appreciation | 第38-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40页 |
| ·Engagement: dialogistic positioning | 第40-44页 |
| ·Bakhtinian perspective of Engagement | 第40-41页 |
| ·Classification of Engagement resources | 第41-43页 |
| ·Dialogic contraction and dialogic expansion | 第43-44页 |
| ·Graduation | 第44-48页 |
| ·Force | 第46-47页 |
| ·Focus | 第47-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第49-55页 |
| ·Data resources and data collection | 第49页 |
| ·Research questions | 第49-50页 |
| ·Instrument | 第50页 |
| ·Analytical procedure | 第50-55页 |
| ·Systemic scheme mapping | 第51-53页 |
| ·Semantic coding and section-division procedure | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第55-91页 |
| ·Graduation and the construction of writer-reader interaction | 第59-67页 |
| ·Graduation as Force | 第61-65页 |
| ·Graduation as Focus | 第65-67页 |
| ·Engagement and the construction of writer-reader interaction | 第67-78页 |
| ·Dialogic contraction | 第68-74页 |
| ·Disclaim | 第69-72页 |
| ·Proclaim | 第72-74页 |
| ·Dialogic expansion | 第74-78页 |
| ·Entertain | 第74-77页 |
| ·Attribute | 第77-78页 |
| ·Summary—dialogic interaction of Engagement value | 第78页 |
| ·Attitude and Graduation and the construction of writer-reader interaction | 第78-80页 |
| ·Distribution of each Appraisal value in different sections of editorial discourse—strategy of constructing writer-reader interaction | 第80-91页 |
| ·Attitude value in the introduction part | 第82-83页 |
| ·Distribution of Engagement value | 第83-89页 |
| ·Disclaim in the introduction part | 第84-85页 |
| ·Proclaim in the body part | 第85-86页 |
| ·Entertain in the body part | 第86-87页 |
| ·Entertain in the conclusion part | 第87-88页 |
| ·Attribute in the body part | 第88-89页 |
| ·Graduation value in the three parts | 第89-91页 |
| Conclusion | 第91-97页 |
| Major findings of the study | 第91-94页 |
| Implications | 第94-96页 |
| Limitations and suggestions for further studies | 第96-97页 |
| Appendices | 第97-101页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Sources of Sample Texts | 第97-99页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ A Sample Text with Appraisal Values Identified | 第99-101页 |
| Bibliography | 第101-108页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第108-109页 |
| Publications | 第109-110页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第110页 |
