| 摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| List of Tables | 第9-10页 |
| List of Figures | 第10-11页 |
| Contents | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Present Study | 第13-15页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-38页 |
| 2.1 Movie Reviews | 第17-24页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of Movie Reviews | 第17页 |
| 2.1.2 Classifications and Characteristics of Movie Reviews | 第17-21页 |
| 2.1.3 Previous Studies of Journalistic Movie Reviews | 第21-24页 |
| 2.2 Appraisal Theory | 第24-35页 |
| 2.2.1 The Origin and System of Appraisal Theory | 第24-27页 |
| 2.2.2 ATTITUDE in Appraisal Theory | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2.3 APPRECIATION | 第28-32页 |
| 2.2.4 Application of Appraisal Theory in Discourse Analysis | 第32-35页 |
| 2.3 Analyzing Framework of the Study | 第35-37页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第38-64页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第38页 |
| 3.2 Data Collection | 第38-39页 |
| 3.3 Instruments | 第39-40页 |
| 3.4 Analytical Procedures | 第40-44页 |
| 3.5 The Operationalization of Terms | 第44-64页 |
| 3.5.1 APPRECIATION Type | 第44-46页 |
| 3.5.2 Elements to be Appreciated | 第46-57页 |
| 3.5.3 APPRECIATION Realization | 第57-59页 |
| 3.5.4 APPRECIATION Position | 第59-60页 |
| 3.5.5 Stages of Movie Reviews | 第60-64页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第64-92页 |
| 4.1 Overall Distribution of the APPRECIATION System in Movie Reviews | 第64-72页 |
| 4.1.1 Overall Distribution Pattern of APPRECIATION Types in Movie Reviews | 第66-69页 |
| 4.1.1.1 IMPACT Resources Associated with Elements to be Appreciated | 第68页 |
| 4.1.1.2 QUALITY Resources Associated with Elements to be Appreciated | 第68-69页 |
| 4.1.1.3 BALANCE Resources Associated with Elements to be Appreciated | 第69页 |
| 4.1.1.4 COMPLEXITY Resources Associated with Elements to be Appreciated | 第69页 |
| 4.1.1.5 VALUATION Resources Associated with Elements to be Appreciated | 第69页 |
| 4.1.2 Overall Distribution of Elements to be Appreciated in Movie Reviews | 第69-71页 |
| 4.1.2.1 Movie as Whole Associated with APPRECIATION Types | 第70页 |
| 4.1.2.2 Part of Movie Associated with APPRECIATION Types | 第70-71页 |
| 4.1.2.3 Other Things Associated with APPRECIATION Types | 第71页 |
| 4.1.3 Overall Distribution of APPRECIATION Realization in Movie Reviews | 第71-72页 |
| 4.1.4 Overall Distribution of APPRECIATION Position in Movie Reviews | 第72页 |
| 4.1.5 Summary | 第72页 |
| 4.2 Textual Distribution of APPRECIATION Resources in Movie Reviews | 第72-85页 |
| 4.2.1 The Actual Generic Structure of Journalistic Movie Reviews in NYT | 第74-81页 |
| 4.2.2 Distribution of APPRECIATION System across Generic Structure of Movie Reviews | 第81-85页 |
| 4.2.2.1 Distribution of APPRECIATION Types | 第83页 |
| 4.2.2.2 Distribution of Elements to be appreciated | 第83-84页 |
| 4.2.2.3 Distribution of APPRECIATION Realization | 第84页 |
| 4.2.2.4 Distribution of APPRECIATION Position | 第84-85页 |
| 4.2.3 Summary | 第85页 |
| 4.3 Discussion | 第85-92页 |
| 4.3.1 Factors Determining the Overall Distribution of APPRECIATION Resources in Movie Reviews | 第85-88页 |
| 4.3.2 Factors Determining the Distribution of APPRECIATION Resources across Generic Structures of Movie Reviews | 第88-92页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第92-96页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第92-93页 |
| 5.2 Implications of the Study | 第93-95页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第95-96页 |
| References | 第96-101页 |
| Appendix I Information of the corpus | 第101-103页 |
| Appendix II Movie Review Sample | 第103-107页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第107页 |
