声明
Contents
Abstract
摘要
List of Figure
List of Tables
List of Abbreviation
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research background
1.2 Purpose and significance of the study
1.3 Organization of the thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Previous studies of Appraisal theory
2.1.1 Studies of appraisal theory abroad
2.1.2 Studies of appraisal theory at home
2.2 Previous studies of Schwartz’s value theory
2.2.1 Studies of Schwartz’s Value Theory abroad
2.2.2 Studies of Schwartz’s value theory at home
Chapter Three Theoretical Framework
3.1 An overview of Appraisal Theory
3.1.1 Attitude
3.1.2 Engagement
3.2 Schwartz’s Value Theory
3.2.1 Values at the individual level
3.2.2 Values at the cultural level
Chapter Four Methodology
4.1 Research questions
4.2 Research method
4.3 Data collection
Chapter Five The Distribution of Appraisal Resources in English News Reports between China and America
5.1 The distribution features of appraisal resources in corpus
5.2 The contrastive study of attitude resources between CSN and ASN
5.2.1 The distribution analysis of affect
5.2.2 The distribution analysis of judgment
5.2.3 The distribution analysis of appreciation
5.3 The distribution analysis of engagement
5.3.1 The distribution analysis of dialogic contraction
5.3.2 The distribution analysis of dialogic expansion
Chapter Six Cultural Interpretation the Distributional Differences of Affect and Engagement in English Sports News
6.1.The differences of distributional features of affective resources
6.2.The differences of distributional features of judgment resources
6.3.The differences of distributional features of engagement resources
Chapter Seven Conclusion
7.1.Major findings of the study
7.2 The limitations of the study
References
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Acknowledgements