| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-23页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第11-15页 |
| 1.1.1 Dual demands in academic book review discourse: objectivity versus negotiativeness | 第11-14页 |
| 1.1.2 Evaluation and academic book review discourse | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Research Purposes | 第15-17页 |
| 1.3 Research Methodology | 第17-21页 |
| 1.3.1 Data description | 第17-20页 |
| 1.3.2 Analytical approach | 第20-21页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第23-39页 |
| 2.1 Introduction | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2 Evaluation and Some Related Notions | 第24-35页 |
| 2.2.1 Evaluation in narrative structure | 第24-26页 |
| 2.2.2 Hedging | 第26-27页 |
| 2.2.3 Modality | 第27-30页 |
| 2.2.4 Evidentiality | 第30-31页 |
| 2.2.5 Stance | 第31-32页 |
| 2.2.6 Appraisal | 第32-35页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies on Evaluation in Academic BRs | 第35-37页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework of the Present Study | 第39-56页 |
| 3.1 Introduction | 第39页 |
| 3.2 Theoretical Foundations | 第39-48页 |
| 3.2.1 Grammar, discourse and social context | 第39-40页 |
| 3.2.2 Prosody | 第40-42页 |
| 3.2.3 The Appraisal Theory | 第42-48页 |
| 3.3 Analytical Framework: From Lexical-Grammatical Level to Discourse-Semantic Level | 第48-54页 |
| 3.3.1 Some ideas about the analytical framework | 第48-51页 |
| 3.3.2 The model of the proposed analytical framework | 第51-54页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter Four Dynamic Evaluation in Lexical-Grammatical Level | 第56-87页 |
| 4.1 Introduction | 第56-57页 |
| 4.2 Appraisal Resources in Academic BRs | 第57-66页 |
| 4.2.1 Three dimensions of evaluation | 第57-63页 |
| 4.2.2 Research findings | 第63-66页 |
| 4.3 The Evaluative Mechanisms in Academic BRs | 第66-76页 |
| 4.3.1 Direct expression of attitude: Appreciation as key attitude value | 第66-67页 |
| 4.3.2 Indirect expression of evaluative meanings: By attitudinal evoking | 第67-69页 |
| 4.3.3 Indirect expression of evaluative meanings: By attitudinal provoking | 第69-76页 |
| 4.4 Evaluative Prosody and Local Context for Evaluation | 第76-78页 |
| 4.5 Dynamic Reader Positioning: Appraisal Resources Interacting in Local Context | 第78-85页 |
| 4.5.1 Explicit inscriptions serving as sign-posts | 第79-81页 |
| 4.5.2 Graduation used to strengthen the power of evaluation | 第81-83页 |
| 4.5.3 Engagement used to lend a coloration to a larger segment of text | 第83-85页 |
| 4.6 Summary | 第85-87页 |
| Chapter Five Dynamic Evaluation in Discourse-Semantic Level | 第87-105页 |
| 5.1 Introduction | 第87-88页 |
| 5.2 Evaluative Resources and Analytical Process in the Text | 第88-92页 |
| 5.3 Text Analysis | 第92-104页 |
| 5.3.1 Stage One: Introducing the book | 第92-96页 |
| 5.3.2 Stage Two: Providing closing evaluation of the book | 第96-99页 |
| 5.3.3 Bringing the analysis together | 第99-104页 |
| 5.4 Summary | 第104-105页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第105-109页 |
| 6.1 Summary of the Thesis | 第105-106页 |
| 6.2 Implications of the Thesis | 第106-107页 |
| 6.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research | 第107-109页 |
| Bibliography | 第109-124页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第124-125页 |
| Publication | 第125页 |
