Emerging within Systemic Linguistics, Appraisal/Evaluation is a framework for analyzing the language of evaluation, providing techniques for the systematic analysis of evaluation and stance as they operate in whole texts and in groupings of texts. There are three systems in the Appraisal framework: Attitude, Engagement, and Graduation. This study sets out to analyze the use of the system of Eng...

Based on traditional archival appraisal theories and existing appraisal/selection policies in libraries, archives, museums, social science and science data centers, this paper presents a generic appraisal/selection framework for digital curation and discusses how it can be implemented. The framework includes three selection methods: statistical sampling, risk analysis and appraisal. Details abo...

Employing the appraisal framework in discovering the way ideology is crystalized through discourse, the present study attempts to investigate how journalistic ideologies and political positions are manifested through attitudinal terms. Referring to White’s (2012) distinction of attitude types, inscribed vs. invoked, based on Martin and White’s (2005) appraisal theory, journalistic ideology toge...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: This study aimed to determine the rate of published qualitative research in the field of public health including dental researches in Iran and to appraise their quality.METHODS: A total of 165 articles which published in 170 Iranian Medical Journals between years 2000 and 2014 were found eligible to the study. 48 papers were selected randomly. The papers were appraised by tw...

We propose requirements for computational models that combine mood and emotion to create feeling and feeling intensity within an appraisal theory framework. Meeting these requirements involves solving many representational issues, such as determining the range of values for each appraisal dimension. We present functions that have been realized in a computational model that fulfill these require...

In this article, a multimodal framework is proposed to track the character development of female characters in the Bioshock franchise. The language part of the framework focuses on appraisal analysis. The appraisal framework is applied to understand the player’s interpretation of the linguistic resources found in the characters’ utterances. The nonlinguistic part of the framework utilizes Kress...

In fluctuating environments, organisms require mechanisms enabling the rapid expression of context-dependent behaviors. Here, we approach behavioral flexibility from a perspective rooted in appraisal theory, aiming to provide a better understanding on how animals adjust their internal state to environmental context. Appraisal has been defined as a multi-component and interactive process between...