《英语学术书评的评价模式研究》是在作者陈令君的博士论文的基础上修改而成的。全书共分八章，第一章阐释本书涉及的重要术语并介绍本书的研究理据和研究目标；第二章总结并论述了以往学者对评价以及学术书评语类中评价的研究；第三章探讨了评价的本质，并在整合以往研究视角的基础上提出了适合本研究的语义-语法-语用三层面理论框架；第四章是研究方法，描述了本研究的语料库数据并介绍了分析工具和研究程序；第五章至第七章遵循本书的理论框架分别从语篇语义、词法句法模式以及语用策略三个层面对学术书评中的评价进行定性和定量分析；第八章是结论，总结了本书的研究成果、局限性和未来研究方向。

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List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1 Introduction

 1.1 Preliminary remarks

 1.2 Terminology

 1.3 Rationale of the research

 1.4 Research objectives

 1.5 Research questions

 1.6 Organization of the book

Chapter 2 Literature Review

 2.1 Introduction

 2.2 Previous studies of evaluation

 2.3 Evaluation in BRs: a brief review

 2.4 Summary

Chapter 3 A Description of the Conceptual Framework

 3.1 Introduction

 3.2 The conceptual construct of evaluation

3.2.1 The concept of evaluation

3.2.2 Elements of structural relationships in evaluation

3.2.3 The system of evaluation process

3.2.4 A working definition of evaluation

 3.3 Theoretical background: three perspectives on evaluation

3.3.1 The semantic perspective

3.3.1.1 Appraisal Theory

3.3.1.2 The parameter-based approach

3.3.2 The grammatical perspective

3.3.3 The pragmatic perspective

 3.4 Construing the present theoretical model

 3.5 Summary

Chapter 4 Research Methodology

 4.1 Introduction

 4.2 Description of the corpus

 4.3 Instruments

4.3.1 Collins Cobuild 3.1.0

4.3.2 CorpusToo| 1.1

4.3.3 AntConc 3.2.0

 4.4 Analytical procedures

 4.5 Summary

Chapter 5 Semantics of Evaluation in BRs: Parameters and Modifications

 5.1 Introduction

 5.2 Basic concepts

5.2.1 Evaluative parameters

5.2.2 Polarity

5.2.3 Explicitness/Implicitness

5.2.4 Modification

 5.3 Evaluative parameters in BRs

5.3.1 Evaluative parameters: foundational considerations

5.3.2 Evaluative parameters: the coding scheme

5.3.3 Evaluative interplay

5.3.4 Evaluative parameters in the corpus

5.3.4.1 Emotivity

5.3.4.2 Expectedness

5.3.4.3 Possibility/Necessity

5.3.4.4 Reliability

5.3.4.5 Style

 5.4 Modifications

5.4.1 Basic concepts

5.4.2 The coding scheme of modifications

5.4.3 Modifications in the corpus.

5.4.3.1 Modifications of up-scale value

5.4.3.2 Modifications of down-scale value

 5.5 Evaluation and the reviewer's gender: a comparison

 5.6 Summary

Chapter 6 Lexico-grammatical Patterns of Evaluation in BRs

 6.1 Introduction

 6.2 Lexical realizations of evaluation in BRs

6.2.1 Lexical realizations of parameters

6.2.1.1 Emotivity

6.2.1.2 Expectedness

6.2.1.3 Possibility/Necessity

6.2.1.4 Reliability

6.2.1.5 Style

6.2.2 Lexical realizations of modifications

 6.3 Grammatical patterns of evaluation in BRs

6.3.1 Basic patterns of Affect

6.3.2 Basic patterns of Judgment

6.3.3 Basic patterns of Appreciation

 6.4 Summary

Chapter 7 Pragmatic Strategies of Evaluation in BRs

 7.1 Introduction

 7.2 Basic natures of BRs

7.2.1 Objective

7.2.2 Evaluative

 7.3 Politeness strategies in the corpus

7.3.1 Modeling tenor variables: the audience of BRs

7.3.2 Politeness theory: the face model

7.3.3 Politeness strategies: an exploration of the corpus

7.3.3.1 Positive politeness strategies

7.3.3.1.1 Strengthening positive evaluations

7.3.3.1.2 Mitigating negative evaluations

7.3.3.1.3 Showing sympathy with or forgiveness of the shortcomings

7.3.3.2 Negative politeness strategies in the corpus

 7.4 Objectivity strategies in the corpus

7.4.1 Impersonal constructions

7.4.2 Evaluative justifications

 7.5 Summary

Chapter 8 Conclusion

 8.1 Summary of major findings

 8.2 Implications

 8.3 Limitations and suggestions for future research

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