| Abstract in English | 第1-10页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第10-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-18页 |
| ·Research Background | 第15-16页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第16页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-22页 |
| ·Previous Study of Evaluative(Appraisal)Resources | 第18-22页 |
| ·Evaluation and evaluative resources | 第18页 |
| ·Appraisal Theory and Evaluative(Appraisal)Resources | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Application of Appraisal Resources in analyzing Discourses | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第22-37页 |
| ·An Overview of Appraisal Theory | 第22-31页 |
| ·Attitude | 第22-27页 |
| ·Engagement | 第27-29页 |
| ·Graduation | 第29-31页 |
| ·Hall's High-context and Low-context Culture Pattern | 第31-34页 |
| ·Hofstede's Cultural Taxonomy | 第34-37页 |
| ·Individualism versus collectivism | 第34-35页 |
| ·Power Distance | 第35页 |
| ·Uncertainty Avoidance | 第35页 |
| ·Masculinity vs. Femininity | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第37-41页 |
| ·Source of Data | 第37-38页 |
| ·Research Questions and Methods | 第38页 |
| ·Processing the Data | 第38-39页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Five A Comparative Study of the Distributional Features of Appraisal Resources in Sino-US News Discourse | 第41-52页 |
| ·The Distribution of Appraisal Resources in General | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Contrastive Analysis of Attitude | 第42-47页 |
| ·The Distribution of Affect | 第44-45页 |
| ·The Distribution of Judgment | 第45-46页 |
| ·The Distribution of Appreciation | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Contrastive Analysis of Engagement | 第47-50页 |
| ·The Contrastive Analysis of Graduation | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter Six Cultural Difference within the Distribution of the Appraisal Resources | 第52-59页 |
| ·Analysis of the Difference of Distributional Features of Evaluative Resources from Cultural Perspective | 第52-56页 |
| ·Analysis of the Similarity of Distributional Features of Evaluative Resources from Cultural Perspective | 第56-57页 |
| ·Implications and limitations | 第57-59页 |
| References | 第59-63页 |
| Publications in the Period of Master Education | 第63-64页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第64-66页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第66-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67页 |
