| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Significance and Purpose of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 Corpus Collection | 第14-15页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-22页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies on Appraisal Theory | 第16-19页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Military News Discourse | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第22-28页 |
| 3.1 A Brief Introduction of Appraisal Theory | 第22-23页 |
| 3.2 Attitude System under Appraisal Theory | 第23-25页 |
| 3.2.1 Affect | 第23-24页 |
| 3.2.2 Judgement | 第24页 |
| 3.2.3 Appreciation | 第24-25页 |
| 3.3 Engagement System under Appraisal Theory | 第25-26页 |
| 3.3.1 Dialogue Contraction | 第25页 |
| 3.3.2 Dialogue Expansion | 第25-26页 |
| 3.4 Graduation System under Appraisal Theory | 第26-27页 |
| 3.4.1 Force | 第26页 |
| 3.4.2 Focus | 第26-27页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter 4 The Analysis of Appraisal Resources in the Military News | 第28-54页 |
| 4.1 The Analysis of Appraisal Resources in Attitude System | 第28-39页 |
| 4.1.1 The Analysis of Affect Resources | 第29-34页 |
| 4.1.2 The Analysis of judgement Resources | 第34-35页 |
| 4.1.3 The Analysis of Appreciation Resources | 第35-38页 |
| 4.1.4 The Distribution of Attitude Resources | 第38-39页 |
| 4.2 The Analysis of Appraisal Resources in Engagement System | 第39-46页 |
| 4.2.1 The Analysis of Dialogue Expansion Resources | 第40-43页 |
| 4.2.2 The Analysis of Dialogue Contraction Resources | 第43-45页 |
| 4.2.3 The Distribution of Engagement Resources | 第45-46页 |
| 4.3 The Analysis of Appraisal Resources in Graduation System | 第46-52页 |
| 4.3.1 The Analysis of Force Resources | 第47-50页 |
| 4.3.2 The Analysis of Focus Resource | 第50-52页 |
| 4.3.3 The Distribution of Graduation Resources | 第52页 |
| 4.4 The Distribution of All the Appraisal Resources in General | 第52-53页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第53-54页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 第54-58页 |
| 5.1 Major findings | 第54-56页 |
| 5.1.1 The Distributions of Appraisal Resources in Military News | 第54-55页 |
| 5.1.2 Implications From the Characteristic of the Distributions | 第55-56页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第56-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-62页 |
| Appendix 1 Titles and Websites of the Selected News | 第62-67页 |
| Appendix 2 Publications During M.A. Study | 第67页 |
