| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-23页 |
| ·General introduction | 第12-13页 |
| ·Rationale of the study | 第13-20页 |
| ·Why study appraisal? | 第13-18页 |
| ·Why study news reports on the 2008 Olympic Games by Chinese and American Presses? | 第18-20页 |
| ·Research questions | 第20-21页 |
| ·The significances of the present study | 第21-22页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第23-40页 |
| ·Historical development of Appraisal Theory | 第23-30页 |
| ·Origin of Appraisal Theory | 第23-24页 |
| ·Applications of Appraisal Theory | 第24-30页 |
| ·Previous studies on news reports | 第30-39页 |
| ·An overview of news reports | 第30-32页 |
| ·Previous news studies in western countries | 第32-35页 |
| ·Previous news studies in China | 第35-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第40-58页 |
| ·Appraisal Theory | 第40-45页 |
| ·Attitude | 第45-56页 |
| ·Affect | 第46-51页 |
| ·Judgment | 第51-53页 |
| ·Appreciation | 第53-55页 |
| ·Overlap between affect, judgment and appreciation | 第55-56页 |
| ·Implicit attitude and explicit attitude | 第56-58页 |
| ChapteChapter Four Analysis and Discussion | 第58-74页 |
| ·Methodology and data collection | 第58-59页 |
| ·Data collection | 第58-59页 |
| ·Methods of analysis | 第59页 |
| ·Analysis of attitudinal meanings in news reports on the 2008 Olympic Games by Chinese and American presses | 第59-69页 |
| ·The analysis of affect | 第60-63页 |
| ·The analysis of judgment | 第63-66页 |
| ·The analysis of appreciation | 第66-69页 |
| ·Results and discussion | 第69-74页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第74-76页 |
| ·Findings of the research | 第74-75页 |
| ·Implications of the research | 第75页 |
| ·Limitations of the research | 第75-76页 |
| References | 第76-80页 |
| Appendix | 第80-106页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第106页 |
