张韧创作的《英文报纸书评的评价研究》首次对英美主流报纸上刊登的书评进行了系统性的评价分析，对大众媒体语篇的功能语言学研究作出了一定的贡献。本研究还提出了运用评价理论分析语篇的一种新的综合模式。这个综合模式包括三个层面的分析内容：第一，揭示评价三大子系统在语篇中的分布模式和具体特点；第二，找出评价资源在语篇中的主要词汇语法实现方式；第三，探讨评价资源在语类结构中的分布规律。这一综合模式将推动评价研究朝着更全面、更深入的方向发展。

序言

前言

Chapter One Introduction

1.0 Preliminary Remarks

1.1 Rationale of the Study

1.2 Objectives of the Study

1.3 Methodology and Data

1.4 Organization of the Book

Chapter Two Literature Review

2.0 Preliminary Remarks

2.1 Affect / Emotion

2.2 Modality

2.3 Evidentiality

2.4 Hedging

2.5 Stance

2.6 Evaluation

2.7 Summary

Chapter Three Appraisal Theory

3.0 Preliminary Remarks

3.1 Historical Development of Appraisal Theory

3.2 Appraisal Theory and Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL)

3.3 Basic Framework of Appraisal Theory

3.4 Applications of Appraisal Theory

3.5 Potential Drawbacks of Appraisal Theory

3.6 Measures to Improve Appraisal Analysis

Chapter Four Appraisal in Newspaper Book Reviews

4.0 Preliminary Remarks

4.1 Characterization of Attitude System

4.2 Characterization of Engagement System

4.3 Characterization of Graduation System

Chapter Five Realizations of Appraisal

5.0 Preliminary Remarks

5.1 Realizations of Attitude

5.2 Realizations of Engagement

5.3 Realizations of Graduation :

5.4 Evaluative Sentence Patterns

Chapter Six Distribution of Appraisal Resources across Generic Structure

6.0 Preliminary Remarks

6.1 Systemic Functional Approach to Generic Structure

6.2 Structure of Reviews as Described in Journalistic Books

6.3 Generic Structure of Newspaper Book Reviews

6.4 Distribution of Appraisal Resources across Generic Structure

Chapter Seven Conclusion

7.0 Preliminary Remarks

7.1 Summary of Major Findings

7.2 Implications

7.3 Limitations of the Present Study

7.4 Suggestions for Future Research

Bibliography

Appendix

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