| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第10页 |
| 1.2 Research Objectives and Significance | 第10-11页 |
| 1.3 Research Methodology and Questions | 第11-12页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-22页 |
| 2.1 The Origin of Appraisal Theory | 第13-14页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Appraisal Theory Abroad | 第14-16页 |
| 2.2.1 Applying Appraisal Theory to Media Discourse | 第14页 |
| 2.2.2 Applying Appraisal Theory to Academic Discourse | 第14-15页 |
| 2.2.3 Applying Appraisal Theory to Narratives | 第15-16页 |
| 2.2.4 Applying Appraisal Theory to Other Domains | 第16页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies on Appraisal Theory in China | 第16-20页 |
| 2.3.1 Introduction and Improvement of the Appraisal Theory | 第16-17页 |
| 2.3.2 Appraisal theory’s Applications to Media Discourse | 第17-18页 |
| 2.3.3 Appraisal Theory’s Applications to Literature | 第18页 |
| 2.3.4 Appraisal Theory’s Applications to Speech Discourse | 第18-19页 |
| 2.3.5 Appraisal Theory’s Applications to Other Genres | 第19-20页 |
| 2.4 Previous Studies on Silent Separation | 第20-21页 |
| 2.5 Summary | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第22-27页 |
| 3.1 The Relationship between SFL and AT | 第22-23页 |
| 3.2 A Detailed Introduction of Attitudinal System | 第23-27页 |
| 3.2.1 Affect System | 第24-25页 |
| 3.2.2 Judgement System | 第25-26页 |
| 3.2.3 Appreciation System | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Four An Analysis of Attitudinal Resources in Silent Separation | 第27-62页 |
| 4.1 Introduction of the Novel and Data Collection | 第27-28页 |
| 4.2 A Gross Illustration of Distributions and Frequencies of Each Subsystem | 第28-30页 |
| 4.3 An Analysis of the Affect System’s Constructing the Hero and the Heroine | 第30-47页 |
| 4.3.1 Affect System’s Constructing the Hero | 第30-38页 |
| 4.3.2 Summary | 第38-39页 |
| 4.3.3 Affect System’s Constructing the Heroine | 第39-46页 |
| 4.3.4 Summary | 第46-47页 |
| 4.4 An Analysis of Judgement System’s Constructing the Hero and the Heroine | 第47-58页 |
| 4.4.1 An Overall Analysis of the Distributions and Frequencies of theJudgement System | 第47-48页 |
| 4.4.2 An Analysis of Judgement System’s Constructing the Hero | 第48-53页 |
| 4.4.3 Summary | 第53页 |
| 4.4.4 An Analysis of Judgment System’s Constructing the Heroine | 第53-58页 |
| 4.4.5 Summary | 第58页 |
| 4.5 An Analysis of Appreciation System’s Constructing the Hero and the Heroine | 第58-61页 |
| 4.5.1 An Analysis of the Appreciation System of the Hero | 第59-60页 |
| 4.5.2 An Analysis of the Appreciation System of the Heroine | 第60-61页 |
| 4.6 Summary | 第61-62页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第62-65页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第62-64页 |
| 5.2 Limitations | 第64页 |
| 5.3 Suggestions for Further Study | 第64-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-68页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第68-69页 |
| 在读期间公开发表论文（著）及科研情况 | 第69页 |
