●Chapter 1 Introduction
1．1 Comparative news discourse studies-its significance and relevance
1．2 Defining profile as a genre of journalistic discourse
1．3 The objectivity and subjectivity of media discourse
1．4 Research questions
1．5 Methodology
1．6 The organization of the book

Chapter 2 Literature Review
2．1 Approaches to the study of journalistic discourse
2．1．1 The critical approach
2．1．2 The corpus linguistic approach
2．1．3 The systemic functional linguistic approach
2．2 Evaluation， stance and appraisal
2．2．1 Definitions
2．2．2 Functions of evaluative language and their realization
2．2．3 Approaches to study evaluation
2．3 Appraisal studies on news discourse
2．4 Comparative and contrastive studies of appraisal in profiles

Chapter 3 Modelling an Appraisal Framework for Comparative Analysis across Cultures
3．1 Appraisal situated in Systemic Functional Linguistics （SFL）
3．1．1 SFL as a functional-semantic approach to language
3．1．2 Appraisal and metafunctions
3．1．3 Stratification and realization
3．1．4 Axis structure and system
3．1．5 Instantiation
3．1．6 The interface between language and culture
3．2 The analytical framework of Appraisal
3．2．1 Taxonomy of Appraisal Theory —— an overall account
3．2．2 Subsystems of Attitude
3．2．3 Engagement
3．2．4 Graduation
3．3 Modelling an appraisal framework for comparative analysis
3．3．1 The typological and topological relations of appraisal types
3．3．2 A framework for a comparative analysis of American and Chinese media discourse

Chapter 4 Data Collection and Annotation
4．1 Principles and methods of data selection for Comparative study
4．2 Annotation methodology
4．2．1 Bottom-up and top-down approaches
4．2．2 Reading positions
4．2．3 Unit of analysis
4．2．4 Ambiguity， overlapping and layered coding

Chapter 5 Distributions of Appraisal Resources in American and Chinese Profiles
5．1 The overall pattern of attitudinal resources
5．1．1 The attitudinal pattern in American profiles
5．1．2 The attitudinal pattern in Chinese profiles
5．1．3 A comparison of attitudinal resources between American and Chinese profiles
5．2 The overall pattern of Attitude in relation to Polarity
5．2．1 The pattern of Attitude in relation to Polarity in American profiles
5．2．2 The pattern of Attitude in relation to Polarity in Chinese profiles
5．2．3 A comparison of Attitude patterns in relation to Polarity between American and Chinese profiles
5．3 The strategies of attitude realization
5．3．1 The explicit and implicit realization of attitude in American profiles
5．3．2 The explicit and implicit realization of attitude in Chinese profiles
5．3．3 A comparison of attitude realization strategies between American and Chinese profiles
5．4 The pattern of Appraiser and Appraised
5．4．1 The pattern of Appraiser and Appraised in American profiles
5．4．2 The pattern of Appraiser and Appraised in Chinese profiles
5．4．3 A comparison of Appraiser and Appraised patterns between American and Chinese profiles
5．5 Judgement patterns in American and Chinese profiles
5．5．1 Judgement pattern in American profiles
5．5．2 Judgement pattern in Chinese profiles
5．5．3 A comparison of Judgement patterns between American and Chinese profiles

Chapter 6 Evaluative Patterns， Authorial Stance and Social Motivation
6．1 The interplay of Attitude resources in profiles
6．2 Evaluative keys， authorial voices and alignment strategies
6．2．1 Evaluative key of American profiles
6．2．2 Evaluative key of Chinese profiles
6．2．3 A Comparison of rhetorical effects and alignment strategies between American and Chinese profiles
6．3 Social values embodied in appraisal resources
6．3．1 Social values in American profiles
6．3．2 Social values in Chinese profiles

Chapter 7 Conclusion
7．1 Major research findings and conclusion
7．2 Contributions and limitations
7．3 Future directions for research

References
Index

《中美報紙中科技人物特寫的評價模式對比研究（英文版）》聚焦人物特寫新聞語篇，通過比較中國和美國報紙中科技人物特寫所使用的評價資源，分析中美科技人物特寫語篇在人際意義建構、作者身份立場以及作者與讀者結盟策略等方面的異同，同時從語言資源的選擇的角度，來考察中美報紙中科技人物特寫語境的差異，可供從事對外宣傳、中外交流、中英文新聞寫作等相關專業人士閱讀參考。

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