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 verbs 1.3.1 The first major approach: the traditional approach 1.3.2 The second major approach: Speech Act Theory 1.3.3 The third major approach: statistics 1.3.4 The fourth major approach: Systemic Functional Grammar1.4 Two major approaches to evaluation 1.4.1 The philosophical approach 1.4.2 The linguistic approach 1.4.3 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 verbs 2.3.1 The addresser: Sayer 2.3.2 The addressee: Receiver 2.3.3 Sentence frames 2.3.4 "Wh-" words2. 4 The reporting nature of speech verbs 2.4.1 Speech verbs and reporting 2.4.2 Direct speech and indirect speech 2.4.3 The performative function of reporting.2. 5 The performances of speech verbs 2.5.1 Speech verbs and a speaker/writer's responsibility 2.5.2 Speech verbs as hearsay markers2. 6 SummaryChapter 3 Metaphoric Evaluation3. 1 Introduction3. 2 Grammatical metaphor: the basis of metaphoric evaluation 3.2.1 Ideational metaphor 3.2.2 Interpersonal metaphor3. 3 Two motivations of metaphoric evaluation 3.3.1 Speech verbs' features of expressing evaluative meanings 3.3.2 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 verbs 4.2.1 From a sequence to a figure 4.2.2 From a figure/sequence to an element 4.2.3 From a figure to another kind of figure4. 3 Two relations of speech verbs' meanings and the software WordNet 4.3.1 Entailment 4.3.2 Troponymy 4.3.3 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-function 5.2.1 Verbal and behavioral processes 5.2.2 Verbal and mental processes 5.2.3 Verbal and relational processes5. 3 The evaluative analysis of speech verbs in news reporting: above the clause 5.3.1 Words Location: a software designed for this research 5.3.2 The cognitive analysis of news reporting's foundation 5.3.3 The similarities of news reporting and conversation reporting 5.3.4 The analysis of speech verbs in news reporting: above the clause5. 4 The evaluative analysis of speech verbs in courtroom discourse: above the clause 5.4.1 The evaluative analysis of speech verbs in opening statements 5.4.2 The evaluative analysis of speech verbs in direct examinations5. 5 The studies of speech verbs beyond the dause 5.5.1 The tense of speech verbs and evaluation 5.5.2 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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