Chapter 1 Introduction
1．1 Research rationale
1．2 Appraisal and textual meanings
1．3 News and editorials
1．4 Research objectives， data and methodology
1．5 Outline of the study

Chapter 2 Literature Review
2．1 Approaches to appraisal
2．2 Literatures of appraisal from the perspective of textual metafunction
2．3 Literatures of appraisal from ideational or interpersonal metafunctions
2．4 Summary

Chapter 3 Appraisal and Appraisal Textuality
3．1 Appraisal system
3．2 Recent developments of appraisal theory
3．3 Some models of appraisal textuality
3．4 A framework of textual devices for appraisal textuality
3．5 Summary

Chapter 4 Appraisal Coherence
4．1 The notions of appraisal coherence
4．2 Evaluative lexical patterns and appraisal coherence
4．3 Prosody and appraisal coherence
4．4 Field and appraisal coherence
4．5 Summary

Chapter 5 Appraisal Theme and Appraisal New Information
5．1 The definitions of appraisal theme and new information
5．2 Appraisal theme and appraisal textuality
5．3 Appraisal new information and appraisal textuality
5．4 Appraisal theme， new information and tenor
5．5 Summary

Chapter 6 Appraisal in Editorial Genre
6．1 The relationship of appraisal and genre
6．2 Logical conjunction and appraisal in generic organization
6．3 Metadiscourse and appraisal in generic organization
6．4 Appraisal in genre and mode
6．5 Summary

Chapter 7 Appraisal Strategies
7．1 The variables of rhetorical strategies
7．2 An analytical model of appraisal strategies
7．3 A taxonomy schema of appraisal rhetorical strategies
7．4 Genre， register and appraisal strategy
7．5 Summary

Chapter 8 Sample Analysis
8．1 Sample analysis of appraisal coherence
8．2 Sample analysis of appraisal theme and new information
8．3 Sample analysis of logical conjunction and metadiscourse in genre
8．4 Sample analysis of appraisal strategies
8．5 Summary

Chapter 9 Conclusion
9．1 The findings of the study
9．2 The theoretical and practical significance of the study
9．3 The implications for language teaching and learning
9．4 The problems and limitations of the study
9．5 The future and potentials for the study
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