| Abstract (in English) | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter Two A Review of Previous Research on Attitudes in Discourse | 第14-21页 |
| ·The Definition and Meaning Scope of Attitude and Stance | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Attitudinal Resources | 第15-17页 |
| ·Research on Attitude in Different Genres | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Appraisal Framework | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Application of the Appraisal Theory | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework: The Appraisal System | 第21-39页 |
| ·From Interpersonal Metafunction to the Appraisal Theory | 第21-25页 |
| ·Mood system and its Interpersonal Meaning | 第22-23页 |
| ·Modality | 第23-25页 |
| ·Interpersonal Metaphor | 第25页 |
| ·Modality, Comment Adjunct, Interpersonal metaphor and the Appraisal Framework | 第25-26页 |
| ·Appraisal—The Language of Evaluation and Stance | 第26-28页 |
| ·Attitude | 第28-30页 |
| ·Affect | 第30-36页 |
| ·Judgment—Assessing Human Behavior | 第31-34页 |
| ·Explicit Versus Implicit Judgment | 第33-34页 |
| ·Affect and Provoked Judgment | 第34页 |
| ·Judgment and Reader/Respondent Positioning | 第34页 |
| ·Appreciation | 第34-36页 |
| ·The Interplay between the Attitudinal Modes | 第36页 |
| ·Engagement | 第36-37页 |
| ·Graduation | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of Attitudinal Meanings in Political Column Texts | 第39-81页 |
| ·Purposes and the Analytical Approach of the Thesis | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Analysis of Texts | 第40-64页 |
| ·Statistical Analysis of the Attitudinal Values | 第64-78页 |
| ·The Analysis of Affectual Values | 第65-68页 |
| ·The Analysis of Judgment Values | 第68-76页 |
| ·The Statistics and the Analysis of the Judgment Values | 第68-73页 |
| ·The Language Sources of Judgment Values | 第73-76页 |
| ·The Analysis of Appreciation Values | 第76-78页 |
| ·The Comparison of Attitudinal Values Favored by Each Writer | 第78-81页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第81-84页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第81-82页 |
| ·Summary of Major Findings | 第82页 |
| ·Limitations of the Thesis | 第82-84页 |
| Appendix | 第84-90页 |
| Bibliography | 第90-96页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第96-97页 |
