| Abstract | 第10-13页 |
| 摘要 | 第14-18页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第18-39页 |
| 1.1 Research rationale | 第18-24页 |
| 1.1.1 Metafunction | 第18-19页 |
| 1.1.2 Realization | 第19-21页 |
| 1.1.3 Context | 第21-24页 |
| 1.2 Appraisal and textual meanings | 第24-28页 |
| 1.3 News and editorials | 第28-30页 |
| 1.4 Research objectives, data and methodology | 第30-36页 |
| 1.4.1 Methodology and procedure | 第31-34页 |
| 1.4.2 Data and sample | 第34-36页 |
| 1.5 Outline of the study | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第39-78页 |
| 2.1 Approaches to appraisal | 第39-48页 |
| 2.1.1 Traditional approaches to appraisal | 第39-42页 |
| 2.1.2 Approaches to appraisal as genre, grammar, lexis, and discourse | 第42-48页 |
| 2.2 Appraisal from the perspective of textual metafunction | 第48-73页 |
| 2.2.1 Literatures of appraisal coherence | 第49-56页 |
| 2.2.2 Literatures of appraisal theme and appraisal new information | 第56-63页 |
| 2.2.3 Literatures of appraisal organization at the generic level | 第63-73页 |
| 2.3 Appraisal from the perspective of ideational and interpersonal metafunctions | 第73-76页 |
| 2.3.1 News and ideational news value | 第73-75页 |
| 2.3.2 News and interpersonal news styles | 第75-76页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第76-78页 |
| Chapter 3 Appraisal and Appraisal Textuality | 第78-115页 |
| 3.1 Appraisal system | 第78-91页 |
| 3.1.1 Attitude | 第78-82页 |
| 3.1.2 Engagement | 第82-87页 |
| 3.1.3 Graduation | 第87-91页 |
| 3.2 Recent developments of the Appraisal | 第91-99页 |
| 3.2.1 An extended framework of engagement | 第91-95页 |
| 3.2.2 Appraisal from the perspective of sociology | 第95-99页 |
| 3.3 Some models of Appraisal textualty | 第99-104页 |
| 3.4 A framework of textual devices for appraisal textuality | 第104-114页 |
| 3.4.1 Three strata in the appraisal textuality framework | 第105-108页 |
| 3.4.2 Two dimensions in the appraisal textuality framework | 第108-113页 |
| 3.4.3 One intermediary in the appraisal textuality framework | 第113-114页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第114-115页 |
| Chapter 4 Appraisal Coherence | 第115-172页 |
| 4.1 The notions of appraisal coherence | 第115-120页 |
| 4.2 Evaluative lexical patterns and appraisal coherence | 第120-155页 |
| 4.2.1 Attitude and appraisal coherence | 第120-130页 |
| 4.2.2 Graduation and appraisal coherence | 第130-137页 |
| 4.2.3 Engagement and appraisal coherence | 第137-155页 |
| 4.3 Prosody and appraisal coherence | 第155-162页 |
| 4.3.1 Three means of evaluative prosody and appraisal coherence | 第156-160页 |
| 4.3.2 Three patterns of evaluative prosody and appraisal coherence | 第160-162页 |
| 4.4 Field and appraisal coherence | 第162-171页 |
| 4.4.1 Patterning of appraisal system with field | 第163-166页 |
| 4.4.2 Co-patterning of prosody with field | 第166-168页 |
| 4.4.3 Inter-patterning of coherent relation with field | 第168-171页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第171-172页 |
| Chapter 5 Appraisal Theme and Appraisal New Information | 第172-219页 |
| 5.1 The definitions of appraisal theme and new information | 第172-174页 |
| 5.2 Appraisal theme and appraisal textuality | 第174-196页 |
| 5.2.1 Appraisal theme and its ideational metafunction | 第175-180页 |
| 5.2.2 Appraisal theme and its logical metafunction | 第180-184页 |
| 5.2.3 Appraisal theme and its interpersonal metafunction | 第184-190页 |
| 5.2.4 Appraisal theme and its textual metafunction | 第190-196页 |
| 5.3 Appraisal new information and appraisal textuality | 第196-212页 |
| 5.3.1 Appraisal new information and its ideational metafunction | 第196-200页 |
| 5.3.2 Appraisal new information and its logical metafunction | 第200-204页 |
| 5.3.3 Appraisal new information and its interpersonal metafunction | 第204-207页 |
| 5.3.4 Appraisal new information and its textual metafunction | 第207-212页 |
| 5.4 Appraisal theme, new information and tenor | 第212-217页 |
| 5.5 Summary | 第217-219页 |
| Chapter 6 Appraisal in Editorial Genre | 第219-261页 |
| 6.1 The relationship of appraisal and genre | 第219-220页 |
| 6.2 Logical conjunction and appraisal in generic organization | 第220-235页 |
| 6.2.1 Conjunction, appraisal and global generic structures | 第221-227页 |
| 6.2.2 Conjunction, appraisal and local legitimation | 第227-235页 |
| 6.3 Metadiscourse and appraisal in generic organization | 第235-258页 |
| 6.3.1 Metadiscourse, appraisal and global persuasion | 第237-246页 |
| 6.3.2 Metadiscourse, appraisal and local problem-solution pattern | 第246-258页 |
| 6.4 Appraisal in genre and mode | 第258-260页 |
| 6.5 Summary | 第260-261页 |
| Chapter 7 Appraisal Strategies | 第261-293页 |
| 7.1 The variables of rhetorical strategies | 第261-267页 |
| 7.2 An analytical model of appraisal strategies | 第267-283页 |
| 7.2.1 Genre, tenor and appraisal strategies | 第268-272页 |
| 7.2.2 Appraisal strategies at the macro-dimensions | 第272-278页 |
| 7.2.3 Appraisal strategies at the micro-dimensions | 第278-282页 |
| 7.2.4 Appraisal strategies in lexico-grammatical realizations | 第282-283页 |
| 7.3 A taxonomy schema of appraisal rhetorical strategies | 第283-291页 |
| 7.4 Genre, register and appraisal strategy | 第291-292页 |
| 7.5 Summary | 第292-293页 |
| Chapter 8 Sample Analysis | 第293-350页 |
| 8.1 Sample analysis of appraisal coherence | 第293-305页 |
| 8.1.1 Attitude lexical linkage, engagement reference chains, graduation links | 第293-303页 |
| 8.1.2 Three means of appraisal prosody | 第303-304页 |
| 8.1.3 Three patterns of appraisal coherence | 第304-305页 |
| 8.2 Sample analysis of appraisal theme and new information | 第305-312页 |
| 8.2.1 Appraisal themes in two samples | 第305-309页 |
| 8.2.2 Appraisal new information in two samples | 第309-312页 |
| 8.3 Sample analysis of logical conjunction and metadiscourse in genre | 第312-342页 |
| 8.3.1 Appraisal conjunctions, global structure and local relations | 第313-319页 |
| 8.3.2 Appraisal conjunctions and local legitimation | 第319-325页 |
| 8.3.3 Appraisal metadiscourses and global authority | 第325-332页 |
| 8.3.4 Appraisal metadiscourse and local signals | 第332-342页 |
| 8.4 Sample analysis of appraisal strategies | 第342-349页 |
| 8.4.1 Appraisal strategies in opening stages | 第342-345页 |
| 8.4.2 Appraisal strategies in body stages | 第345-348页 |
| 8.4.3 Appraisal strategies in wrap-up stages | 第348-349页 |
| 8.5 Summary | 第349-350页 |
| Chapter 9 Conclusion | 第350-355页 |
| 9.1 The findings of the study | 第350-351页 |
| 9.2 The theoretical and practical significance of the study | 第351页 |
| 9.3 The implications for language teaching and learning | 第351-352页 |
| 9.4 The problems and limitations of the study | 第352-353页 |
| 9.5 The future and potentials for the study | 第353-355页 |
| References | 第355-374页 |
| Appendix A Text 1 | 第374-382页 |
| Appendix B Text 2 | 第382-389页 |
| Appendix C Macrostructures | 第389-393页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第393-394页 |
| Publications | 第394-395页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第395页 |
