声明
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research background
1.2 Significance of the present research
1.3 Outline of the thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 An overview of discourse analysis
2.2 Previous studies on positive discourse analysis
2.2.1 Theoretical studies on PDA
2.2.2 Studies on application of PDA
2.3 Introduction to news discourse
2.3.1 Definition of news
2.3.2 Classification of news
2.3.3 Previous studies to news discourse
2.4 Previous studies on the BRICS Summit news reports
Chapter Three Theoretical Framework
3.1 General introduction to Appraisal Theory
3.2 Subsystems of Appraisal Theory
3.2.1 Attitude system
3.2.2 Engagement system
3.2.3 Graduation system
Chapter Four Research Methodology
4.1 Research questions
4.2 Data collection
4.3 Research instrument
4.4 Research methods
Chapter Five Results and Discussion
5.1 Overall description of the data
5.2 PDA of the Summit news reports in attitude system
5.2.1 Analysis of affect resources
5.2.2 Analysis of judgment resources
5.2.3 Analysis of appreciation resources
5.3 PDA of the Summit news reports in engagement system
5.3.1 Analysis of dialogic expansion
5.3.2 Analysis of dialogic contraction
5.4 PDA of the Summit news reports in graduation system
5.4.1 Analysis of force resources
5.4.2 Analysis of focus resources
Chapter Six Conclusion
6.1 Major findings of the research
6.2 Implications of the research
6.3 Limitations and suggestions for further study
Appendix Ⅰ List of Tables
Appendix Ⅱ List of Figures
Appendix Ⅲ News Samples Selected from China Daily and Global Times
参考文献
Papers Published during MA Program
致谢
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