Chapter One Introduction 1
1.1 Rationale of the Present Research 2
1.2 Objective of the Book 5
1.3 Research Method and Data Collection 5
1.3.1 Research Method 5
1.3.2 Data Collection and Description 7
1.4 Organization of the Book 9
Chapter Two Literature Review 13
2.1 Courtroom Discourse 13
2.2 Attitudes in Courtroom Discourse 17
2.3 Attitudinal Prosody 22
2.3.1 The Sinclairian Approach:Semantic Prosody 22
2.3.2 The Hallidayan Approach:Prosody and Interpersonal Meaning 24
2.4 Summary 30
Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations and Framework for Attitudinal Prosody 31
3.1 Working Definitions 31
3.1.1 Criminal Courtroom Discourse 31
3.1.2 Attitude 33
3.1.3 Attitudinal Prosody 35
3.2 Situating Attitudinal Prosody in SFL 40
3.3 Lexicogrammatical Stratum 42
3.4 Discourse Semantic Stratum:Appraisal Theory 45
3.4.1 Attitude System 45
3.4.2 Engagement System 48
3.4.3 Graduation System 49
3.5 Register Stratum:Power and Solidarity 51
3.5.1 Power 54
3.5.2 Solidarity 56
3.6 Genre Stratum:Attitudinal Prosodic Structure 56
3.6.1 Genre in Linguistic Traditions 56
3.6.2 Recurrent Global Pattern:Attitudinal Prosodic Structure 59
3.7 Modeling Attitudinal Prosody in the Study of Attitudes in CCD 65
3.8 Summary 68
Chapter Four Attitudinal Prosody in Criminal Courtroom Discourse 70
4.1 Attitudinal Resources in CCD at Lexicogrammatical Stratum 70
4.1.1 Auitudinal Lexis 71
4.1.2 Auitudinal Grammatical Patterns 75
4.2 Appraisal Resources in CCD 89
4.2.1 Mapping and Analyzing Judgement 89
4.2.2 Parameters in Attitudinal Analysis of CCD 93
4.2.3 Superposition of Attitudinal Resources 96
4.3 Power and Solidarity in CCD 98
4.3.1 Power Dimension:Unequal Status 98
4.3.2 Solidarity Dimension:Contact 125
4.4 Attitudinal Prosodic Structure in CCD 129
4.4.1 Different Goals in CCD 130
4.4.2 Attitudinal Prosodic Stages in CCD 131
4.4.3 Attitudinal Prosodic Phases in CCD 152
4.5 Summary 158
Chapter Five Application of Attitudinal Prosody Analysis in CCD 159
5.1 Attitudes Creating Legal Fact 159
5.1.1 Facts in Law 160
5.1.2 Legal Fact 161
5.1.3 Attitudes Creating Legal Fact in Attitudinal Prosody 164
5.2 Attitudes Reflecting the Status quo of Criminal Trial in China 185
5.2.1 Partiality of the Judge 186
5.2.2 Alignment between Accusation and Judicature 188
5.2.3 Inequality between the Prosecution and the Defense 191
5.3 Summary 195
Chapter Six Conclusion 196
6.1 A Summary of the Book 196
6.2 Contributions of the Book 198
6.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Researches 201
Bibliography 203
Appendix:Index of Research Data 211
Index 216