The Language of Evaluation

JAMES R. MARTIN is Professor in Linguistics at the University of Sydney. Over the past two decades he has led major research projects exploring literacy development in Australian secondary and primary schools. Among his publications are English Text: System and Structure, Working With Discourse (with David Rose), Re/Reading the Past (edited with Ruth Wodak). PETER R.R. WHITE is Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Birmingham. His most recent publications include 'Appraisal - the language of evaluation and stance' in The Handbook of

This is the first comprehensive account of the Appraisal Framework. The underlying linguistic theory is explained and justified, and the application of this flexible tool, which has been applied to a wide variety of text and discourse analysis issues, is demonstrated throughout by sample text analyses from a range of registers, genres and fields.This is the first comprehensive account of the Appraisal Framework. The underlying linguistic theory is explained and justified, and the application of this flexible tool, which has been applied to a wide variety of text and discourse analysis issues, is demonstrated throughout by sample text analyses from a range of registers, genres and fields.