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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 ¡ª¡ª 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