Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
1 The background of the research
2 The research purposes and significance
3 The research methodology and data collection
4 The organization of this book
Chapter 1 Previous Studies of Speech Verbs and Evaluation
I.1 Introduction
I.2 The definition of speech verbs
I.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 Grammar
1.4 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 evaluation
1.5 The shortcomings of previous studies
1.6 Summary
Chapter 2 Speech Verbs and the Reporting Nature
2.1 Introduction
2.2 A new classification of speech verbs
2.3 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-" words
2.4 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/writers responsibility
2.5.2 Speech verbs as hearsay markers
2.6 Summary
Chapter 3 Metaphoric Evaluation
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Grammatical metaphor： the basis of metaphoric evaluation
3.2.1 Ideational metaphor
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Chapter 4 A Study of Speech Verbs Below the Clause
Chapter 5 A Study of Speech Verbs Above the Clause and Beyond the Clause
Conclusion
Appendix 1 The Classification of 236 Speech Act Verbs by Wierzbicka
Appendix 2 The Senses of Apply Given by WordNet2.0
Appendix 3 The Appication of Words Location
Appendix 4 Sample Concoreance Lines for Say
Appendix 5 Data Samples
Bibliography
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