●Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Background of the present study
1.2 Rationale for the present study
1.2.1 Why evaluation？
1.2.2 Why evaluation in movie reviews？
1.3 Objectives of the present study
1.4 Organization of the book
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Previous studies of evaluation in media discourse
2.2 Previous studies of prosody
2.3 Research questions
Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundations
3.1 Appraisal TheOry
3.2 Attitude
3.3 Theoretical framework
Chapter 4 Methodology
4.1 Data collection
4.2 Analytical tools
4.2.1 UAM CorpusTool
4.2.2 AntConc 3.2.1
4.3 Analytical procedures
Chapter 5 Semantic Features of Attitude in Movie Reviews
5.1 Overview of the semantic features of attitude
5.2 Affect in movie reviews
5.3 Judgement in movie reviews
5.4 Appreciation in movie reviews
Chapter 6 Prosodic Patterns of Attitude in Movie Reviews
6.1 Structure and prosody
6.2 Prosodic patterns of attitude at the discourse level
6.3 Harmonious attitudinal prosodic unity
Chapter 7 Modulations of Attitude in Movie Reviews
7.1 Modulations of the dialogic space
7.1.1 Closing of thedialogic space
7.1.2 Contraction of the dialogic space
7.1.3 Expansion of the dialogic space
7.2 Modulation of the force of attitude
7.3 Sample analysis
Chapter 8 Discussion
8.1 Generic structure potential of movie reviews
8.2 Influence of context of culture
Chapter 9 Conclusion
9.1 Major findings
9.2 Implications of the present study
9.3 Limitations and suggestions for further studies
Appendix 1 Information of the Data for Analysis
Appendix 2 Movie Review Sample
References