總序 序 前言 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Research Background 1.1.1 Why systemic functional linguistics? 1.1.2 Why interpersonal coherence? 1.1.3 Why radio news interviews? 1.2 Research Questions 1.3 Research Methodology 1.3.1 Data collection 1.3.2 Research procedure 1.4 Significance and Purpose 1.5 Organization of the Book Chapter 2 Interpersonal Coherence in Discourse 2.0 Introduction 2.1 The Definition of Interpersonal Coherence 2.1.1 Text in relation to its context 2.1.2 Systemic functional approach to coherence 2.1.3 Cohesion and coherence 2.1.4 Nascent studies on interpersonal coherence 2.1.5 Properties of interpersonal coherence 2.2 Interpersonal Cohesion in Text 2.2.1 Development of studies of the interpersonal meaning 2.2.2 Prosody of interpersonal meanings 2.2.3 Textual cohesion 2.2.4 Interpersonal cohesion and cohesive devices 2.3 Orientational Consistency 2.4 Summary Chapter 3 Orientational Consistency in Social Context 3.0 Introduction 3.1 Context of Culture: Genre 3.1.1 Systemic functional approach to genre 3.1.2 A re-definition of genre in linguistics 3.1.3 Generic structure potential 3.1.4 The news interview as a genre 3.1.5 Generic framing as a cohesive device 3.2 Context of Situation: Register 3.2.1 Register as a semantic concept 3.2.2 Situational variable of tenor 3.2.3 Mode and cohesive patterns 3.2.4 Field and topic 3.3 Register Consistency 3.4 Summary Chapter 4 Speech Functions and Negotiation in Relation to Mood 4.0 Introduction 4.1 Speech Functions and Mood Cohesion 4.1.1 Illocutionary forces and speech functions 4.1.2 English mood system 4.1.3 Mood cohesion in English text 4.2 Unpacking Metaphors of Mood 4.2.1 Extensions of meaning potential 4.2.2 Unpacking metaphors of mood 4.2.3 Metaphors of mood 4.3 Negotiation Patterns in News Interviews 4.3.1 Clauses in news interviews 4.3.2 Mood in news interviews 4.3.3 Pragmatic markers in news interviews 4.3.4 Metaphors of mood in news interviews 4.3.5 Interpretation 4.4 Summary Chapter 5 Perspective, Subject-chain and Tense-coordinates 5.0 Introduction 5.1 Focalization 5.2 The Meaning of Subject 5.2.1 Interpersonal meanings of subject 5.2.2 Subject chain and focalization 5.3 The Meaning of Finite 5.3.1 Interpersonal meanings of Finite 5.3.2 Tense co-ordinates and temporal point of view 5.3.3 A sample analysis 5.4 Perspective in News Interviews 5.4.1 Subject chain and tense co-ordinates in introduction 5.4.2 Subject chain and tense co-ordinates in the questioning part 5.4.3 Subject chain and tense co-ordinates in the answering part 5.4.4 Interpretation 5.5 Summary Chapter 6 Dialogism and Engagement 6.0 Introduction 6.1 Dialogism in Discourse 6.1.1 Dialogism and heteroglossia 6.1.2 Individualistic approach to modality 6.2 Systemic Functional Approach to Engagement 6.2.1 Extra-voealisation: projection 6.2.2 Intra-vocalisation: modality 6.2.3 Intra-vocalisation.close 6.3 Polar and Modal Cohesion in Text 6.3.1 Devices to realize modal cohesion 6.3.2 A sample analysis 6.4 Engagement Patterns in News Interviews 6.4.1 Engagement in introduction 6.4.2 Engagement in the questioning part 6.4.3 Engagement in the answering part 6.4.4 Interpretation 6.5 Summary Chapter 7 Evaluation and Lexical Connotation in Cohesion 7.0 Introduction 7.1 Evaluation in Discourse 7.1.1 What is evaluation? 7.1.2 Approaches to evaluation 7.2 Martin‘s Appraisal System 7.2.1 Attitudinal positioning 7.2.2 Graduation and engagement system 7.2.3 Authorial vs non-authorial sources 7.2.4 Appraisal system in discourse 7.3 Attitudinal Cohesion——Repetition and Contrast 7.3.1 Attitudinal reiteration 7.3.2 Attitudinal contrast 7.4 Attitudinal Prosody in News Interviews 7.4.1 Attitudinal positioning in introduction 7.4.2 Attitudinal positioning in the questioning part 7.4.3 Attitudinal positioning in the answering part 7.4.4 Interpretation 7.5 Summary Chapter 8 Interpersonal Harmony and Intonation 8.0 Introduction 8.1 Intonation and Meaning 8.2 Tonic Harmony in Discourse 8.2.1 Tone and interpersonal harmony 8.2.2 A sample analysis 8.3 Intonation Harmony in News Interviews 8.3.1 Tone in introduction 8.3.2 Tone in the questioning part 8.3.3 Tone in the answering part 8.4 Paralanguage in News Interviews 8.4.1 Laughter in news interviews 8.4.2 Interruption/overlapping in news interviews 8.4.3 Feedback in news interviews 8.4.4 Interpretation 8.5 Summary Chapter 9 Conclusions and Suggestions 9.1 Summary and Evaluation 9.2 Implications of the Research 9.3 Limitations and Suggestions {or Future Research Appendices References List of Tables List of Figures Abbreviations 后記