In:Evaluation in Context
Edited by Geoff Thompson † and Laura Alba-Juez
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 242] 2014
► pp. vii–viii
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Published online: 4 February 2014
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.242.toc
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.242.toc
Table of contents
Section 1: Introduction
The many faces and phases of evaluation
Section 2: Theoretical considerations and approaches to evaluation
The emergence of axiology as a key parameter in modern linguistics: A review of significant contributions from the 1950s to the 1980s
AFFECT and emotion, target-value mismatches, and Russian dolls: refining the APPRAISAL model
Appraising Appraisal
The evaluative palette of verbal irony
The implementation of the axiological parameter in a verbal subontology for natural language processing
The evaluative function of situation-bound utterances in intercultural interaction
Prosody, information structure and evaluation
The evaluation of intonation: pitch range differences in English and in Spanish
Section 3: Evaluation in different contexts
“An astonishing season of destiny!” Evaluation in blurbs used for advertising TV series
Graduation within the scope of Attitude in English and Spanish consumer reviews of books and movies
Register diversification in evaluative language: the case of scientific writing
The role of negative-modal synergies in Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species
Exploring academic argumentation in course-related blogs through ENGAGEMENT
Multimodal analysis of controversy in the media
The expression of evaluation in weekly news magazines in English
Evaluative phraseological choice and speaker party/gender: A corpus-assisted comparative study of ‘register-idiosyncratic’ meaning in Congressional debate
Evaluation in emotion narratives
Evaluative discourse and politeness in university students' communication through social networking sites
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