Chapter One Introduction
1．1 Background of the study
1．2 Significance of the study
1．3 Organization of the study
Chapter Two Literature Review
2．1 Studies of vocabulary
2．2 Studies of evaluation
2．3 Studies of evaluation in students' writing
2．4 Summary
Chapter Three The Theoretical Framework
3．1 The development of Appraisal Theory
3．2 Key aspects of Appraisal Theory
3．3 Intertextuality
3．4 The theoretical framework
Chapter Four Methodology
4．1 Research questions
4．2 Research instruments
4．3 Participants
4．4 Procedures for data collection
4．5 Procedures for data analysis
4．6 Annotating and statistical tools
Chapter Five The Development of Attitudinal Lexis in Argumentative Writing
5．1 General description of attitudinal lexis
5．2 The analysis of attitudinal lexis from multiple perspectives
5．3 Graduation of attitudinal lexis
5．4 Intertextual connection between task prompts and writing scripts
5．5 Discussions on the developmental patterns
Chapter Six The Development of Attitudinal Lexis in Controlled Tasks
6．1 Results from Task I
6．2 Results from Task II
6．3 Summary
Chapter Seven Conclusion
7．1 Major findings
7．2 Implications
7．3 Limitations of the present study and suggestions for future studies
Appendices
Appendix I Task I
Appendix II Task II
Appendix III Attitudinal lexis produced by Chinese English majors in Controlled Task I
References
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