| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-20页 |
| ·Rationale of the study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Objective of the study | 第15-16页 |
| ·The data | 第16-17页 |
| ·The quantitative and qualitative approach | 第17-18页 |
| ·The organization of the study | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第20-32页 |
| ·Definition of attitude | 第20-21页 |
| ·Previous studies on attitude | 第21-26页 |
| ·Attitude studies at the expression level | 第22-23页 |
| ·Attitude studies at the content level | 第23-25页 |
| ·Attitude studies at the discourse level | 第25-26页 |
| ·Genre evaluation | 第26-28页 |
| ·The exemplification of the Appraisal Theory | 第28-30页 |
| ·The study of biography from the perspective of Appraisal Systems | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第32-46页 |
| ·Interpersonal meaning | 第32-33页 |
| ·An overview of the APPRAISAL THOERY | 第33-34页 |
| ·Attitude | 第34-40页 |
| ·Affect | 第35-36页 |
| ·Judgement | 第36-37页 |
| ·Appreciation | 第37页 |
| ·Interrelation among three subsystems | 第37-39页 |
| ·Attitudinal inscriptions and attitudinal tokens | 第39-40页 |
| ·Engagement | 第40-42页 |
| ·Graduation | 第42-43页 |
| ·Prosodic structure of interpersonal meanings | 第43-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-46页 |
| Chapter 4 Evaluative Preferences in the Author Introduction | 第46-69页 |
| ·The distribution of the appraisal resources | 第46-48页 |
| ·Analysis of Attitude | 第48-57页 |
| ·Analysis of Affect | 第48-49页 |
| ·Analysis of Judgement | 第49-54页 |
| ·Analysis of Appreciation | 第54-56页 |
| ·Summary of the appraisal of attitude | 第56-57页 |
| ·Analysis of Engagement | 第57-65页 |
| ·Analysis of Disclaim | 第58-59页 |
| ·Analysis of Proclaim | 第59-62页 |
| ·Analysis of Entertain | 第62-63页 |
| ·Analysis of Attribute | 第63-64页 |
| ·Summary of the analysis of Engagement | 第64-65页 |
| ·Analysis of Graduation | 第65-67页 |
| ·Analysis of Focus | 第65-66页 |
| ·Analysis of Force | 第66-67页 |
| ·Summary of the analysis of Graduation | 第67页 |
| ·Summary | 第67-69页 |
| Chapter 5 Modeling Positive Stance | 第69-88页 |
| ·Features of biographical recounts | 第69-71页 |
| ·Prosodic realizations of interpersonal meanings | 第71-78页 |
| ·Propagating prosodies randomly | 第71-72页 |
| ·Propagating prosodies continuously | 第72-75页 |
| ·Propagating prosodies wholistically | 第75-78页 |
| ·Summary of prosodic realizations | 第78页 |
| ·Evaluative key: taking a stance | 第78-87页 |
| ·Cline of instantiation | 第78-80页 |
| ·Enhancing the voice role as recorder and interpreter | 第80-84页 |
| ·Navigating a reading path through alignment and opposition | 第84-87页 |
| ·Summary | 第87-88页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第88-91页 |
| Bibliography | 第91-97页 |
| Appendix 1 Analysis of thirty pieces of the Author Introduction | 第97-122页 |
| 攻读学位期间主要的研究成果目录 | 第122页 |
