| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| List of Tables | 第9-11页 |
| List of Figures | 第11-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-23页 |
| ·Objectives of the Present Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第16页 |
| ·Research Questions and Research Methodology | 第16-21页 |
| ·Organization of This Thesis | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第23-37页 |
| ·Brief Introduction of English Nouns | 第23-25页 |
| ·Definitions of English Nouns | 第23-24页 |
| ·Classifications of Nouns | 第24-25页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Nouns | 第25-26页 |
| ·An Introduction of English Evaluative Nouns | 第26-31页 |
| ·Definitions and Classifications of Evaluative Nouns | 第27-30页 |
| ·Functions of Evaluative Nouns | 第30-31页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Evaluative Nouns | 第31-37页 |
| ·An Overview of Different Approaches to Evaluative Nouns | 第31-35页 |
| ·Achievements and Limitations of Previous Studies | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第37-47页 |
| ·An Overview of the Appraisal Theory | 第37-43页 |
| ·Attitude System | 第38-40页 |
| ·Engagement System | 第40-41页 |
| ·Graduation System | 第41-43页 |
| ·Classification of Evaluative Devices | 第43-45页 |
| ·Overview of Evaluation in Language | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter 4 Corpus Findings of the Use of Evaluative Nouns at the Semantic Level | 第47-59页 |
| ·The Overall Use Frequency of Evaluative Nouns | 第47-48页 |
| ·Evaluative Nouns Expressing Attitudinal Meanings | 第48-53页 |
| ·Frequency of Evaluative Nouns Expressing Affect | 第48-49页 |
| ·Frequency of Evaluative Nouns Expressing Judgement | 第49-52页 |
| ·Frequency of Evaluative Nouns Expressing Appreciation | 第52-53页 |
| ·Evaluative Nouns Expressing Engagement Meanings | 第53-55页 |
| ·Frequency of Evaluative Nouns Expressing Monogloss | 第54页 |
| ·Frequency of Evaluative Nouns Expressing Heterogloss | 第54-55页 |
| ·Evaluative Nouns Expressing Graduation Meanings | 第55-56页 |
| ·Frequency of Evaluative Nouns Expressing Force | 第55-56页 |
| ·Frequency of Evaluative Nouns Expressing Focus | 第56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter 5 Corpus Findings of the Use of Evaluative Nouns at the Syntactic Level | 第59-81页 |
| ·Overall Frequencies of Syntactic Functions of Evaluative Nouns | 第59-68页 |
| ·Evaluative Nouns as Subject | 第60-63页 |
| ·Evaluative Nouns as Object | 第63-65页 |
| ·Evaluative Nouns as Predicative | 第65-68页 |
| ·Patterns of Evaluative Nouns | 第68-80页 |
| ·Lexical Collocational Patterns of Evaluative Nouns | 第68-74页 |
| ·Adjective Co-occurrence with the Factual Noun | 第69-70页 |
| ·Adjective Co-occurrence with the Linguistic Noun | 第70页 |
| ·Adjective Co-occurrence with the Mental Noun | 第70-71页 |
| ·Adjective Co-occurrence with the Modal Noun | 第71-74页 |
| ·Grammatical Patterns of Evaluative Nouns | 第74-80页 |
| ·Patterns Expressing Attitudinal Meanings | 第74-75页 |
| ·Patterns Expressing Engagement Meanings | 第75-78页 |
| ·Patterns Expressing Graduation Meanings | 第78-80页 |
| ·Summary | 第80-81页 |
| Chapter 6 Discussion of Different Functions of Evaluative Nouns from the Pragmatic Dimension | 第81-89页 |
| ·Different Functions of Evaluative Nouns | 第81-82页 |
| ·Attitudinal Functions | 第81页 |
| ·Engagement Functions | 第81-82页 |
| ·Graduation Functions | 第82页 |
| ·Causes for Different Functions of Evaluative Nouns | 第82-87页 |
| ·To Represent the Pragmatic Functions | 第82-84页 |
| ·To Represent the Rhetorical Functions | 第84-85页 |
| ·To Represent the Textual Functions | 第85-87页 |
| ·Summary | 第87-89页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第89-93页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Present Study | 第89-90页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第90-91页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第91-93页 |
| Bibliography | 第93-97页 |
| Appendix A | 第97-103页 |
| Appendix B | 第103-105页 |
| Appendix C | 第105-107页 |
| Appendix D | 第107-110页 |
