| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| 1.1 Background of the study | 第11页 |
| 1.2 Purpose of the present study | 第11-12页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the present study | 第12页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-34页 |
| 2.1 Appraisal analysis | 第13-26页 |
| 2.1.1 Appraisal theory | 第13-23页 |
| 2.1.1.1 Attitude | 第13-18页 |
| 2.1.1.2 Engagement | 第18-22页 |
| 2.1.1.3 Graduation | 第22-23页 |
| 2.1.2 Application of Appraisal theory in discourse analysis | 第23-26页 |
| 2.1.2.1 Application of Appraisal theory in discourse analysis abroad | 第23-25页 |
| 2.1.2.2 Application of Appraisal theory in discourse analysis at home | 第25-26页 |
| 2.2 Genre Analysis | 第26-31页 |
| 2.2.1 Genre theory | 第26-28页 |
| 2.2.1.1 Definition given by Swalesian School | 第27页 |
| 2.2.1.2 Definition given by Australian School | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2.2 Application of Genre theory in discourse analysis | 第28-31页 |
| 2.2.2.1 Studies on Genre analysis abroad | 第28-30页 |
| 2.2.2.2 Application of Genre analysis in discourse analysis at home | 第30-31页 |
| 2.3 An overview on Hasan’s Generic Structure Potential | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第34-38页 |
| 3.1 Research questions | 第34页 |
| 3.2 Data collection | 第34-35页 |
| 3.3 The procedure of analysis | 第35页 |
| 3.4 The annotation | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Four An Appraisal Analysis on the Generic Structure Potential of EnglishMovie Reviews | 第38-61页 |
| 4.1 An analysis of Generic Structure Potential on English movie reviews | 第38-44页 |
| 4.1.1 Contextual Configuration of English movie reviews | 第38-39页 |
| 4.1.2 Generic Structure Potential of English movie reviews | 第39-44页 |
| 4.2 Distributions of Appraisal resources in each stage of English movie reviews | 第44-61页 |
| 4.2.1 Appraisal resources in the Introduction | 第46-51页 |
| 4.2.2 Appraisal resources in the Plot | 第51-55页 |
| 4.2.3 Appraisal resources in the Evaluation | 第55-61页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| 5.1 Findings of the study | 第61-62页 |
| 5.2 Contributions of the study | 第62页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and suggestions for further study | 第62-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-69页 |
| Appendix I Date Sources of 25 Movie Reviews | 第69-70页 |
| Appendix II Samples Analysis | 第70-75页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第75-76页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第76页 |
