Interpersonal rhetoric in the editorials of China daily: A generic perspective Liu Lihua

1 Introduction
Purpose of the study
Significance of the study ,,
Research questions .
Data and methodology
Organization of this research..
2 Theoretical Foundations
Introduction ..
Language as action and affiliation
Systemic functional linguistics
Critical Discourse Analysis
Genre studies.
3 Towards an Analytical Model
of Editorial Discourse Analysis
Introduction .
Current research on editorials ..
Different perspectives on evaluation analysis..
Attitude in the framework of appraisal ,
The study of modality ..
The dialogistic perspective on discourse
Locating editorials in genre...
An Analytical model of editorial discourse analysis
4 Attitude in the Editorial
Introduction
Distribution of attitude types in the data.
Discussions....
The social functionality of attitude
5 Modal Expressions in Editorials..
Introduction..
Distribution of different modals in editorials
Discussion-
Functions of modal expressions in the editorials
6 Editorial as Social Action
Introduction. ,
Classification of the editorials of China Daily ...
Modeling the generic structure of editorials
A typological perspective on the editorials
in China Daily,
Topological perspective on editorials..
7 Rhetoric Alignment in the Editorials.
Introduction..
Interpersonal rhetoric in the editorials
Explaining editorials .
Calling-on editorials. ,
Praising editorials
Criticizing editorials.,
Celebrating editorials
8 Editorial as Social Power..
Editorial discourse as a discourse of power
and solidarity.
Contributions of this research .
Limitations and further studies