批判性是学术文章文献综述的重要指标，但在中英文的跨语言研究中得到的关注并不充分。本文以六十篇中英文语言学核心期刊中的文献综述为研究对象，利用 Martin 的评价理论，对文献综述的批判性进行了跨语言的对比研究。通过对态度归一度的正负向评价和级差子系统中的加强语和缓和语进行语料库标注对比，本文发现英文在负向态度以及缓和语的使用频率上显著高于中文，且英文在这两个评价维度上拥有其特征鲜明的语言体现形式。在本文最后我们讨论了造成批判态度在中英学术文献综述中出现差异的潜在原因。

Criticality has always been highly valued in academic literature review but seems to be overlooked in cross-language studies. This current study adopted the attitude polarity taxonomy and the graduation system in Martin’s appraisal theory to compare the critical attitude in Chinese and English academic literature reviews excerpted from 30 Chinese SSCI articles and 30 English CSSCI articles. Results showed that the frequency of negative attitude in English literature review is significantly higher than that in Chinese and also English utilizes much more down toners, especially in the form of verbs and modal verbs, to present author’s cautious but objective authorial stance. The potential factors underlying these differences in criticality are also discussed in depth.