TY - BOOK AU - Lihua, Liu TI - Interpersonal rhetoric in the editorials of China daily: A generic perspective SN - 9783034300841 (pb) U1 - 079.51 PY - 2010/// CY - Bern PB - Peter Lang KW - Newspaper KW - China Daily N1 - 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 ER -