| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第9-10页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Research background | 第11页 |
| ·Research purpose and significance | 第11-12页 |
| ·Layout of the thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-23页 |
| ·Previous studies on news discourse and disaster news discourse | 第14-18页 |
| ·Studies on news discourse and disaster news discourse abroad | 第14-15页 |
| ·Studies on news discourse and disaster news discourse at home | 第15-18页 |
| ·Previous contrastive studies on news discourse analysis | 第18-19页 |
| ·Previous studies on news discourse analysis from the perspective of Appraisal Theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·Summary | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第23-33页 |
| ·An overview of the appraisal framework | 第23-24页 |
| ·Attitude | 第24-26页 |
| ·Graduation | 第26-27页 |
| ·Engagement | 第27-31页 |
| ·Monogloss vs. heterogloss | 第27-28页 |
| ·Dialogic contraction | 第28-30页 |
| ·Dialogic expansion | 第30-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Four Research Design | 第33-39页 |
| ·Research questions | 第33页 |
| ·Data collection | 第33-34页 |
| ·Instrument | 第34-35页 |
| ·Research approach | 第35-36页 |
| ·Research procedures | 第36-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第39-57页 |
| ·Engagement resources used in the new reports of China Daily and New York Times | 第39-50页 |
| ·The statistics of Engagement resources in the new reports of China Daily and New York Times | 第39-42页 |
| ·A sample analysis from the perspective of Engagement | 第42-44页 |
| ·Realization of Engagement resources in the news reports of China Daily and New York Times | 第44-50页 |
| ·Comparative analysis of Engagement resources in the news reports of China Daily and New York Times | 第50-54页 |
| ·Similarities and discussion | 第50-53页 |
| ·Differences and discussion | 第53-54页 |
| ·Explanation of the differences | 第54-56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-57页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第57-60页 |
| ·Major findings | 第57页 |
| ·Similarities | 第57页 |
| ·Differences | 第57页 |
| ·Implications | 第57-58页 |
| ·Limitations | 第58-60页 |
| References | 第60-64页 |
| Appendix I Model Sample from China Daily | 第64-66页 |
| Appendix II Model Sample from New York Times | 第66-71页 |
| Appendix III Thirteen Sample Texts Selected from China Daily | 第71-72页 |
| Appendix IV Thirteen Sample Texts Selected from New York Times | 第72-73页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第73页 |
