Lexis and grammar: Appraisal resources in writing
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | Lexis and grammar: Appraisal resources in writing - A Functional Grammar for Writers |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Derek Irwin; University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus; |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Viktoria Jovanovic-Krstic; University of Toronto; |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Linguistics |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | academic texts; grammar; systemic functional grammar; SFG; prescriptive grammar; rules of grammar |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | Writers should be aware that their word choices have a profound effect on the way that the reader interprets the text. The same is true of a number of grammatical forms. This chapter looks at the resources for interpersonal interaction in language, particularly from the point of view of grammatical mood, modality and modalization, and systems which have been used to indicate appraisal in English as per Martin and White (The Language of Evaluation: Appraisal in English 2005). In particular, we will explain the expectations of academic work in terms of engagement, attitude and graduation so that writers will be able to effectively incorporate what some grammarians refer to as “hedging,” a necessary means of negotiating stance. By the end of this chapter, the reader will understand the various choices available to encode types of linguistic engagement (positioning of the participants in the dialogue), attitude (affect, judgement and appreciation qualities of the text) and graduation (increasing or decreasing the assertive force). They will be expected to understand how some clause parts (particularly Subject and Finite) fit together to provide grammatical mood, and what this means in terms of how the text is read. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Mar-2026 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/26425 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.26425 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; A Functional Grammar for Writers |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) | modern to contemporary |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |