| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| List of Tables | 第8-9页 |
| List of Figures | 第9-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| ·Background of the Present Study | 第13-15页 |
| ·Objectives and Significance of the Present Study | 第15-17页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第19-27页 |
| ·An Introduction to Evaluative Verbs | 第19-23页 |
| ·Definitions of Evaluative Verbs | 第19-20页 |
| ·Classifications of Evaluative Verbs | 第20-23页 |
| ·Overview of Different Perspectives to Evaluative Verbs | 第23-25页 |
| ·Achievements and Limitations of Previous Studies on Evaluative Verbs | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Theoretical Framework and Research Methodology | 第27-37页 |
| ·Overview of the Appraisal Theory | 第27-34页 |
| ·Origin of the Appraisal Theory | 第27-28页 |
| ·Framework of the Appraisal System | 第28-32页 |
| ·Application Scope of the Appraisal Theory | 第32-33页 |
| ·Classification of Evaluative Devices | 第33-34页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第34-37页 |
| ·Data Sources | 第34-35页 |
| ·Analytical Procedures | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Corpus Evidence of the Features in Using Evaluative Verbs from Semantic Dimension | 第37-47页 |
| ·Appraisal Meanings of Different Semantic Types of Evaluative Verbs | 第37-42页 |
| ·Appraisal Meanings in Attitude System | 第37-40页 |
| ·Appraisal Meanings in Engagement System | 第40-42页 |
| ·Appraisal Meanings in Graduation System | 第42页 |
| ·Frequency of Different Semantic Types of Evaluative Verbs | 第42-46页 |
| ·Overall Frequency of Evaluation Verbs | 第43-45页 |
| ·Distribution Frequency of Evaluative Verbs in Different Genres | 第45-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Corpus Evidence of the Features in Using Evaluative Verbs from Syntactic Dimension | 第47-61页 |
| ·Features of Syntactic Functions in Using Evaluative Verbs | 第47-54页 |
| ·Features of Evaluative Verbs as Predicates | 第47-49页 |
| ·Features of Variation in Grammatical Categories of Evaluative Verbs | 第49-54页 |
| ·Features of Patterns of Evaluative Verbs | 第54-59页 |
| ·Lexical Collocational Patterns | 第54-58页 |
| ·Grammatical Patterns | 第58-59页 |
| ·Summary | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Analysis of the Features in Using Evaluative Verbs from Pragmatic Dimension | 第61-71页 |
| ·Motivations in Selecting Evaluative Verbs | 第61-64页 |
| ·Pragmatic Functions of Evaluative verbs | 第61-62页 |
| ·Textual Functions of Evaluative verbs | 第62-63页 |
| ·Rhetorical Functions of Evaluative verbs | 第63-64页 |
| ·Causes for Different Features of Evaluative Verbs | 第64-69页 |
| ·Factors of Cultural Background | 第65-66页 |
| ·Factors of Evaluative Subject and Object | 第66-68页 |
| ·Factors of Evaluative Perspectives | 第68-69页 |
| ·Summary | 第69-71页 |
| Chapter Ⅶ Conclusion | 第71-75页 |
| ·Summary of the Present Study | 第71-72页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第72-73页 |
| ·Prospects for Further Study | 第73-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-77页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第77-83页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第83-85页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第85-89页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ | 第89-91页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ | 第91-93页 |
