| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Background of the Research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Objectives and Significance of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-26页 |
| ·PDA: The Productive Turn of Discourse Analysis | 第16-21页 |
| ·An Overview of Critical Discourse Analysis | 第16-18页 |
| ·An Overview of Positive Discourse Analysis | 第18-21页 |
| ·A Survey of News Discourse | 第21-24页 |
| ·Previous Studies of News Discourse | 第21-23页 |
| ·Previous Studies of News Report Discourse on Migrant Workers | 第23-24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundation for the Present Study | 第26-34页 |
| ·General Introduction to Appraisal Theory | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Three Subsystems for Appraisal | 第27-33页 |
| ·Attitude | 第27-28页 |
| ·Engagement | 第28-31页 |
| ·Graduation | 第31-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter 4 The Representation of Appraisal Resources in News Report on Migrant Workers | 第34-40页 |
| ·Attitude Resources in News Report on Migrant Workers | 第34-36页 |
| ·Engagement Resources in News Report on Migrant Workers | 第36-37页 |
| ·Graduation Resources in News Report on Migrant Workers | 第37-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter 5 The Positive Analysis of Appraisal Resources in News Report on Migrant Workers | 第40-62页 |
| ·Attitudinal Analysis of News Report on Migrant Workers | 第40-50页 |
| ·Affective Meaning | 第40-44页 |
| ·Judgmental Meaning | 第44-48页 |
| ·Appreciative Meaning | 第48-50页 |
| ·Engagement Analysis in News Report on Migrant Workers | 第50-57页 |
| ·Modality | 第51-54页 |
| ·Projection | 第54-56页 |
| ·Concession | 第56-57页 |
| ·Graduation Analysis in News Report on Migrant Workers | 第57-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter 6 The Positive Effects of Appraisal Resources in News Report on Migrant Workers | 第62-72页 |
| ·The Positive Effects of Attitude Resources in News Report | 第62-65页 |
| ·Aligning Readers through Empathy | 第62-64页 |
| ·Enhancing Publics’ Confidence in Solving Problems | 第64-65页 |
| ·The Positive Effects of Engagement Resources in News Report | 第65-68页 |
| ·Strengthening the Possibilities of Reconciliation | 第65-67页 |
| ·Designing the Direction of Future Development | 第67-68页 |
| ·The Positive Effects of Graduation Resources in News Report | 第68-71页 |
| ·Highlighting the Emotional Agreement | 第68-70页 |
| ·Highlighting the Urgency of solving problems | 第70-71页 |
| ·Summary | 第71-72页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第72-78页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Research | 第72-74页 |
| ·Limitations of the Research | 第74-75页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Study | 第75-78页 |
| Bibliography | 第78-82页 |
| Appendix A | 第82-84页 |
| Appendix B | 第84-102页 |
| Appendix C | 第102-104页 |
