| Abbreviations | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-12页 |
| 1 INTRODUCTION | 第12-23页 |
| ·REDEFINING EVALUATION | 第12-13页 |
| ·RATIONALE OF THE RESEARCH | 第13-17页 |
| ·Theoretical basis and ENGAGEMENT | 第14页 |
| ·Relevance of ENGAGEMENT to the present research | 第14-17页 |
| ·DATA AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第17-21页 |
| ·Pu Songling and “Ye Sheng” | 第17-19页 |
| ·Data collection and research methodology | 第19-21页 |
| ·AIMS AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS | 第21-22页 |
| ·ORGANIZATION OF THE THESIS | 第22-23页 |
| 2 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第23-35页 |
| ·STUDIES OF EVALUATION IN GENERAL | 第23-24页 |
| ·HALLIDAY’S IDEA OF INTERPERSONAL MEANING | 第24-26页 |
| ·THE APPRAISAL SYSTEM | 第26页 |
| ·THE ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM | 第26-30页 |
| ·Theoretical sources of ENGAGEMENT | 第27-28页 |
| ·Development of ENGAGEMENT models | 第28-30页 |
| ·Application of ENGAGEMENT | 第30页 |
| ·STUDIES OF APPRAISAL AND ENGAGEMENT IN CHINA | 第30-33页 |
| ·Studies of APPRAISAL in China | 第30-31页 |
| ·Studies of ENGAGEMENT in China | 第31-33页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第33-35页 |
| 3 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第35-49页 |
| ·A DIALOGIC PERSPECTIVE OF ENGAGEMENT RESOURCES | 第35-38页 |
| ·A dialogic perspective | 第36-37页 |
| ·Voice and engagement resources | 第37-38页 |
| ·THE FRAMEWORK OF ENGAGEMENT | 第38-47页 |
| ·Modeling ENGAGEMENT | 第38-41页 |
| ·Categorizing engagement resources | 第41-47页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第47-49页 |
| 4 ANALYSIS OF EXTRA-VOCALIZATION | 第49-72页 |
| ·ANALYSIS OF PROJECTION OF SPEECH | 第49-57页 |
| ·Projection of speech in “Ye Sheng” | 第49-52页 |
| ·Evaluation through intertwined voices | 第52-53页 |
| ·Evaluation through personal reference | 第53-57页 |
| ·ANALYSIS OF PROJECTION OF THOUGHT | 第57-58页 |
| ·ANALYSIS OF LITERARY ALLUSIONS | 第58-69页 |
| ·Literary allusions in “Ye Sheng” | 第58-63页 |
| ·Evaluation through assimilation | 第63-65页 |
| ·Ideologies in literary works and literary allusions | 第65-66页 |
| ·Evaluation through the engagement of ideologies | 第66-69页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第69-72页 |
| 5 ANALYSIS OF INTRA-VOCALIZATION | 第72-86页 |
| ·ANALYSIS OF ENTERTAINMENT | 第72-75页 |
| ·Entertainment resources in “Ye Sheng” | 第73-74页 |
| ·Evaluation through rhetorical questions | 第74-75页 |
| ·ANALYSIS OF DISCLAMATION | 第75-80页 |
| ·Disclamation resources in “Ye Sheng” | 第76-78页 |
| ·Evaluation through Counter-expectation | 第78-80页 |
| ·ANALYSIS OF PROCLAMATION | 第80-84页 |
| ·Proclamation resources in “Ye Sheng” | 第80-82页 |
| ·Evaluation through Proclamation | 第82-84页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第84-86页 |
| 6 CONCLUSION | 第86-94页 |
| ·MAJOR FINDINGS | 第86-90页 |
| ·Findings about engagement resources | 第86-88页 |
| ·Findings about evaluative meanings | 第88-90页 |
| ·IMPLICATIONS | 第90-91页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS | 第91-92页 |
| ·SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH | 第92-94页 |
| REFERENCES | 第94-102页 |
| APPENDIX | 第102-106页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第106-108页 |
| ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS | 第108-109页 |
