| Abstract | 第1-14页 |
| 摘要 | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-19页 |
| ·Motivation of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第16-18页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-35页 |
| ·An Overview of Appraisal Theory | 第19-20页 |
| ·Key Aspects of Appraisal Theory | 第20-28页 |
| ·Attitude | 第21-24页 |
| ·Affect | 第22页 |
| ·Judgment | 第22-23页 |
| ·Appreciation | 第23-24页 |
| ·Engagement | 第24-26页 |
| ·Monogloss | 第25页 |
| ·Heterogloss | 第25-26页 |
| ·Dialogic Contraction | 第25页 |
| ·Dialogic Expansion | 第25-26页 |
| ·Graduation | 第26-28页 |
| ·Force—Intensification and Quantification | 第27页 |
| ·Focus—Sharpening and Softening | 第27-28页 |
| ·Application of Appraisal Theory | 第28-29页 |
| ·A General Understanding of Abstracts | 第29-35页 |
| ·Definitions of Abstracts | 第30页 |
| ·Classification of Abstracts | 第30-32页 |
| ·Importance of Abstracts | 第32页 |
| ·Interpersonal Function of AA Abstracts | 第32-33页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Abstracts | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Three Research Questions and Methodology | 第35-42页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第35页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第35-36页 |
| ·Instrument and Research Procedures | 第36-42页 |
| ·A General Introduction of UAM Corpus Tool | 第36-37页 |
| ·Research Procedures | 第37-42页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第42-65页 |
| ·An Overview of the Distribution of the Appraisal Resources | 第42-61页 |
| ·Features of Attitude Resources in AA Abstracts | 第43-48页 |
| ·Distributions of Affect | 第44-45页 |
| ·Distributions of Judgment | 第45-46页 |
| ·Distributions of Appreciation | 第46-48页 |
| ·Summary on Features of Attitude Resources | 第48页 |
| ·Features of Engagement Resources | 第48-58页 |
| ·Distributions of Monogloss | 第49页 |
| ·Distributions of Heterogloss | 第49-58页 |
| ·Dialogic Contraction | 第51-54页 |
| ·Dialogic Expansion | 第54-58页 |
| ·Summary on Features of Engagement Resources | 第58页 |
| ·Features of Graduation in AA Abstracts | 第58-61页 |
| ·Distributions of Force | 第59-60页 |
| ·Distributions of Focus | 第60-61页 |
| ·Summary on Features of Graduation | 第61页 |
| ·Compatibility between Subjectivity and Objectivity | 第61-63页 |
| ·Interpersonal Meanings in AA Abstracts | 第63-65页 |
| Chapter Five Implications | 第65-69页 |
| ·Implications on the Development of Appraisal Theory | 第65页 |
| ·Implications on the Study of Academic Discourse | 第65-66页 |
| ·Implications on AA Abstracts Writing | 第66-67页 |
| ·Some Strategies for English Abstracts Writing Teaching | 第67-68页 |
| ·Summary | 第68-69页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第69-73页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第69-70页 |
| ·Limitations of the Research | 第70-71页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第71-73页 |
| ·Suggestions for Micro-studies on Subsystems of Appraisal Resources | 第71页 |
| ·Suggestions for Comparative Studies Based on a Large Corpus | 第71页 |
| ·Suggestions for Studies on Other Genres | 第71-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-76页 |
| Appendix | 第76-80页 |
| Published Papers | 第80-81页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第81页 |
