| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第10-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-21页 |
| ·General Remarks on Repetitive Expressions | 第12-16页 |
| ·Objectives of the Present Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Research Methods | 第18-19页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter 1 Theoretical Framework | 第21-30页 |
| ·Overview of the Studies on Evaluation | 第21-24页 |
| ·Reasons for Adopting the Appraisal Theory | 第24-25页 |
| ·An Overview of the Appraisal Theory | 第25-30页 |
| Chapter 2 Corpus-based Description of Evaluative Repetitive Expressions | 第30-51页 |
| ·Patterns of Evaluative Repetitive Expressions at Different Levels | 第30-35页 |
| ·Lexical Patterns | 第30-32页 |
| ·Grammatical Patterns | 第32-35页 |
| ·Textual Patterns | 第35页 |
| ·Distribution Frequency of Major Evaluative Repetitive Expressions | 第35-44页 |
| ·Social-Pragmatic Functions of Repetitive Expressions | 第44-48页 |
| ·Expressing Opinions and Emotions | 第44-45页 |
| ·Expressing Attitudes | 第45-48页 |
| ·Rhetoric Functions of Repetitive Expressions | 第48-51页 |
| ·Production | 第48页 |
| ·Comprehension | 第48-49页 |
| ·Connection | 第49页 |
| ·Interaction | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter 3 Comparison of the Evaluative Functions of Repetitive Expressions in the 19~(th) and 20~(th) Centuries | 第51-75页 |
| ·Different Evaluative Functions of Repetitive Expressions | 第51-69页 |
| ·Attitudinal Functions | 第51-58页 |
| ·Engagement Functions | 第58-68页 |
| ·Graduation Functions | 第68-69页 |
| ·One Similarity | 第69-72页 |
| ·The Overall Decline in the Use Frequency of Evaluative Expressions | 第69-70页 |
| ·Cause Analysis | 第70-72页 |
| ·Development of Modern English | 第70-71页 |
| ·Different Educational Backgrounds of the Addressees in Different Centuries | 第71页 |
| ·The Principle of Economy in Language Use | 第71-72页 |
| ·Three Dissimilarities | 第72-75页 |
| ·The Increase in the Use frequency of Repetitive Expressions on Person Marking and Its Cause | 第72-73页 |
| ·The Increase in the Use Frequency of Repetitive Expression on Evaluative Adjectives and Its Cause | 第73-74页 |
| ·The Increase in the Use Frequency of Repetitive Expressions on Attitudinal Resources and Its Cause | 第74-75页 |
| Conclusion | 第75-77页 |
| Bibliography | 第77-80页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第80-81页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第81-82页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第82-83页 |
| Appendix IV | 第83-84页 |
| 详细摘要 | 第84-86页 |
