●Preface to the series
●Acknowledgements
●Discursive pragmatics: A platform for the pragmatic study ofdiscourse
●Appraisal
●1.Introduction
●2.Overview
●2.1 Attitude-the activation of positive or negativepositioning
●2.1.1 Affect
●2.1.2 Judgement
●2.1.3 Appreciation
●2.1.4 Modes of activation-direct and implied
●2.1.5 Typological criteria
●2.1.6 The interplay between the attitudinal modes
●2.2 Intersubjective stance
●3.Attitudinal assessment-a brief outline
●3.1 Affect
●3.2 Judgement
●3.3 Appreciation
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