《英语学术书评的评价模式研究》PDF下载

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  • 作  者:陈令君著
  • 出 版 社:北京:外语教学与研究出版社
  • 出版年份:2012
  • ISBN:9787513511988
  • 页数:248 页
图书介绍:本书是在作者的博士论文的基础上修改而成的。全书共分八章,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,评论了这些研究的重要意义和不足之处并解释本研究的新意;探讨了评价的本质,并在整合以往研究视角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;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;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。

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

1.1 Preliminary remarks 1

1.2 Terminology 3

1.3 Rationale of the research 4

1.4 Research objectives 6

1.5 Research questions 8

1.6 Organization of the book 8

Chapter 2 Literature Review 10

2.1 Introduction 10

2.2 Previous studies of evaluation 10

2.3 Evaluation in BRs:a brief review 18

2.4 Summary 30

Chapter 3 A Description of the Conceptual Framework 32

3.1 Introduction 32

3.2 The conceptual construct of evaluation 32

3.2.1 The concept of evaluation 33

3.2.2 Elements of structural relationships in evaluation 35

3.2.3 The system of evaluation process 42

3.2.4 A working definition of evaluation 44

3.3 Theoretical background:three perspectives on evaluation 45

3.3.1 The semantic perspective 45

3.3.1.1 Appraisal Theory 45

3.3.1.2 The parameter-based approach 50

3.3.2 The grammatical perspective 55

3.3.3 The pragmatic perspective 58

3.4 Construing the present theoretical model 60

3.5 Summary 66

Chapter 4 Research Methodology 68

4.1 Introduction 68

4.2 Description of the corpus 68

4.3 Instruments 71

4.3.1 Collins Cobuild 3.1.0 71

4.3.2 CorpusTool 1.1 72

4.3.3 AntConc 3.2.0 74

4.4 Analytical procedures 76

4.5 Summary 78

Chapter 5 Semantics of Evaluation in BRs:Parameters and Modifications 79

5.1 Introduction 79

5.2 Basic concepts 80

5.2.1 Evaluative parameters 80

5.2.2 Polarity 80

5.2.3 Explicitness/Implicitness 81

5.2.4 Modification 83

5.3 Evaluative parameters in BRs 83

5.3.1 Evaluative parameters:foundational considerations 83

5.3.2 Evaluative parameters:the coding scheme 88

5.3.3 Evaluative interplay 95

5.3.4 Evaluative parameters in the corpus 97

5.3.4.1 Emotivity 98

5.3.4.2 Expectedness 108

5.3.4.3 Possibility/Necessity 113

5.3.4.4 Reliability 115

5.3.4.5 Style 118

5.4 Modifications 120

5.4.1 Basic concepts 120

5.4.2 The coding scheme of modifications 122

5.4.3 Modifications in the corpus 124

5.4.3.1 Modifications of up-scale value 125

5.4.3.2 Modifications of down-scale value 132

5.5 Evaluation and the reviewer's gender:a comparison 136

5.6 Summary 140

Chapter 6 Lexico-grammatical Patterns of Evaluation in BRs 143

6.1 Introduction 143

6.2 Lexical realizations of evaluation in BRs 143

6.2.1 Lexical realizations of parameters 144

6.2.1.1 Emotivity 144

6.2.1.2 Expectedness 147

6.2.1.3 Possibility/Necessity 148

6.2.1.4 Reliability 149

6.2.1.5 Style 150

6.2.2 Lexical realizations of modifications 151

6.3 Grammatical patterns of evaluation in BRs 152

6.3.1 Basic patterns of Affect 153

6.3.2 Basic patterns of Judgment 160

6.3.3 Basic patterns of Appreciation 164

6.4 Summary 181

Chapter 7 Pragmatic Strategies of Evaluation in BRs 183

7.1 Introduction 183

7.2 Basic natures of BRs 183

7.2.1 Objective 184

7.2.2 Evaluative 186

7.3 Politeness strategies in the corpus 188

7.3.1 Modeling tenor variables:the audience of BRs 188

7.3.2 Politeness theory:the face model 191

7.3.3 Politeness strategies:an exploration of the corpus 194

7.3.3.1 Positive politeness strategies 195

7.3.3.1.1 Strengthening positive evaluations 196

7.3.3.1.2 Mitigating negative evaluations 202

7.3.3.1.3 Showing sympathy with or forgiveness of the shortcomings 210

7.3.3.2 Negative politeness strategies in the corpus 212

7.4 Objectivity strategies in the corpus 214

7.4.1 Impersonal constructions 214

7.4.2 Evaluative justifications 216

7.5 Summary 219

Chapter 8 Conclusion 221

8.1 Summary of major findings 221

8.2 Implications 224

8.3 Limitations and suggestions for future research 226

Bibliography 228