| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-11页 |
| 1.Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Research background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Methodology and data collection | 第12-13页 |
| ·The organization of the thesis | 第13-14页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第14-31页 |
| ·The study of editorials | 第14-16页 |
| ·The definition of editorial | 第14页 |
| ·The previous study of editorial | 第14-16页 |
| ·Appraisal theory | 第16-29页 |
| ·An overview of the appraisal theory | 第17-19页 |
| ·Attitude | 第19-27页 |
| ·Engagement and graduation | 第27-28页 |
| ·Summary of the application of the appraisal theory | 第28-29页 |
| ·The appraisal theory and editorial | 第29-31页 |
| 3. Analysis of Attitudinal Meanings in Editorial Texts | 第31-52页 |
| ·A sample analysis from the perspective of attitude | 第31-36页 |
| ·The background of the text | 第32页 |
| ·The detailed analysis of the sample text | 第32-36页 |
| ·A preliminary statistics of values of attitude in the data | 第36-39页 |
| ·The analysis of affect values | 第39-42页 |
| ·The analysis of judgment values | 第42-50页 |
| ·The social esteem and social sanction in political editorials | 第42-44页 |
| ·The explicit and implicit judgment in political editorials | 第44-47页 |
| ·The various types of judgment in political editorials | 第47-49页 |
| ·Judgment and journalistic voice | 第49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-50页 |
| ·The analysis of appreciation values | 第50-52页 |
| 4. Findings and Discussion | 第52-53页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第53-55页 |
| ·Implications | 第53-54页 |
| ·Limitations | 第54页 |
| ·Suggestion for future research | 第54-55页 |
| Bibliography. | 第55-58页 |
| Appendix 1: List of Editorials Analyzed (N = 10) | 第58-59页 |
| Appendix 2: Without Further Delay | 第59-61页 |
| Appendix 3: Shameful, Sad and Worse | 第61-62页 |
