| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research Purpose | 第12页 |
| ·Significance of the Thesis | 第12页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第12-13页 |
| ·Data Collection and Methodology | 第13-15页 |
| ·Organization of this Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-22页 |
| ·Previous Studies on News Discourse | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Definition and Classifications of News | 第16页 |
| ·Previous Studies on News Discourse | 第16-18页 |
| ·Previous Studies on BRICS | 第18-20页 |
| ·Previous Studies on the Applications of Appraisal Theory | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第22-32页 |
| ·The Origin of Appraisal Theory | 第22-23页 |
| ·Appraisal Theory- An extension of Halliday's Systemic Functiona | 第23-32页 |
| ·A Detailed Introduction of Attitude | 第25-30页 |
| ·An Overview of Engagement | 第30-31页 |
| ·An Overview of Graduation | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of Attitudinal Resources in News Reports fromChina Daily and The New York Times | 第32-69页 |
| ·The Quantitative Studies onAttitudinal Resources | 第33-45页 |
| ·Distribution of Attitudinal Resources in China Daily | 第35-39页 |
| ·Distribution of Attitudinal Resources in The New York Times | 第39-42页 |
| ·A Contrastive Study on the Attitudinal Resources in Reports from China Daity and The New York Times | 第42-43页 |
| ·Analysis of the Polarity of Attitudinal Resources | 第43-44页 |
| ·Analysis of Part of Speech | 第44-45页 |
| ·The Quanlitative Studies on Attitudinal Resourocs | 第45-67页 |
| ·Analysis of Affective Linguistic Resources | 第45-51页 |
| ·Detailed Analysis of Judgement | 第51-61页 |
| ·Detailed Analysis of Appreciation | 第61-67页 |
| ·The Reasons for different interpersonal meanings conveyed by two newspapers | 第67-69页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第69-73页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第69-71页 |
| ·Limitations of this Study | 第71-72页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further studies | 第72-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-76页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第76-77页 |
| Appendix:The Websites of Chosen News Reports | 第77-79页 |
| News from China Daily | 第77页 |
| News from The New York Times | 第77-79页 |
| About the Author | 第79页 |