| AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesIntroduction1 The background of the research2 The research purposes and significance3 The research methodology and data collection4 The organization of this bookChapter 1 Previous Studies of Speech Verbs and Evaluation1.1 Introduction1.2 The definition of speech verbs1.3 Four major approaches to speech verbs1.3.1 The first major approach: the traditional approach 1.3.2 The second major approach: Speech Act Theory 1.3.3 The third major approach: statistics1.3.4 The fourth major approach: Systemic Functional Grammar1.4 Two major approaches to evaluation1.4.1 The philosophical approach1.4.2 The linguistic approach1.4.3 Two major linguistic frameworks of evaluation1.5 The shortcomings of previous studies1.6 SummaryChapter 2 Speech Verbs and the Reporting Nature2.1 Introduction2.2 A new classification of speech verbs2.3 The syntactic properties of speech verbs2.3.1 The addresser: Sayer2.3.2 The addressee: Receiver2.3.3 Sentence frames2.3.4 "Wh-" words2.4 The reporting nature of speech verbs2.4.1 Speech verbs and reporting2.4.2 Direct speech and indirect speech2.4.3 The performative function of reporting.2.5 The performances of speech verbs2.5.1 Speech verbs and a speaker/writer's responsibility2.5.2 Speech verbs as hearsay markers2.6 SummaryChapter 3 Metaphoric Evaluation3.1 Introduction3.2 Grammatical metaphor: the basis of metaphoric evaluation3.2.1 Ideational metaphor 3.2.2 Interpersonal metaphor3.3 Two motivations of metaphoric evaluation3.3.1 Speech verbs' features of expressing evaluative meanings3.3.2 Realizing interpersonal metaphor through speech verbs3.4 The topological interpretation of interpersonal metaphor3.5 SummaryChapter 4 A Study of Speech Verbs Below the Clause4.1 Introduction4.2 Speech experience and speech verbs4.2.1 From a sequence to a figure4.2.2 From a figure/sequence to an element4.2.3 From a figure to another kind of figure4.3 Two relations of speech verbs' meanings and the software WordNet4.3.1 Entailment4.3.2 Troponymy4.3.3 WordNet: setting up a topological structure of speech verbs4.4 The method of identifying speech verbs' evaluative meanings4.5 SummaryChapter 5 A Study of Speech Verbs Above the Clause and Beyond the Clause5.1 Introduction 5.2 Features of speech verbs cross-process and cross-function5.2.1 Verbal and behavioral processes5.2.2 Verbal and mental processes5.2.3 Verbal and relational processes5.3 The evaluative analysis of speech verbs in news reporting: above the clause5.3.1 Words Location: a software designed for this research5.3.2 The cognitive analysis of news reporting's foundation5.3.3 The similarities of news reporting and conversation reporting5.3.4 The analysis of speech verbs in news reporting: above the clause5.4 The evaluative analysis of speech verbs in courtroom discourse: above the clause5.4.1 The evaluative analysis of speech verbs in opening statements5.4.2 The evaluative analysis of speech verbs in direct examinations5. 5 The studies of speech verbs beyond the dause5.5.1 The tense of speech verbs and evaluation5.5.2 A case study of say beyond the clause5. 6 SummaryConclusionAppendix 1 The Classification of 236 Speech Act Verbs by WierzbickaAppendix 2 The Senses of Apply Given by WordNet 2. 0 Appendix 3 The Application of Words LocationAppendix 4 Sample Concordance Lines for SayAppendix 5 Data SamplesBibliography |
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