Attitudinal Analysis Of VOA And BBC News Report In The Light Of Appraisal Theory

The appraisal framework, which was first introduced by Martin in the early 1990s,is an extension of interpersonal meaning in Systemic Functional Linguistics. In the linguistic domain, by Martin's analysis, the appraisal theory is composed of the system of attitude, together with parallel systems of graduation and engagement. Attitudinal meanings are categories representing affect, judgment or appreciation.This thesis aims to analyze the attitudinal meaning of radio news report in VOA and BBC using the appraisal system with a view to revealing what linguistic elements realizes the appraisal meaning and especially what attitudinal value is of frequent occurrence in the two different types of radio news report.Through the analysis and study, this thesis comes to the conclusion that in the attitude system, affect turns to be the least presentation; implicit judgment shows less distribution than explicit judgment; and more appreciations occur rather than judgment and affect.