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ToolsPounds, Gabrina (2021) Presupposed evaluation in environmental argumentative discourse. Functions of Language, 28 (1). pp. 27-54. ISSN 0929-998X
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Abstract
Expressions of evaluation in discourse have been studied from a number of different perspectives, all highlighting the fact that evaluation may be expressed cumulatively, through a combination of different linguistic means, and pragmatically, at various levels of implicitness, which often defy precise categorization. This paper argues that, in argumentative discourse, the pragmatics of evaluation includes not only implied but also presupposed aspects. A case study centred on the environmental debate over the contested practice of fracking is used to identify the evaluative premises that lie behind the main stances or claims on the issue, as expressed by different stakeholders. It is argued that this wider approach to the analysis of evaluation may be particularly suited to uncover the evaluative premises that lie at the core of different and often contradictory environmental positions and policies.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | discourse analysis,pragmatics,evaluation,appraisal theory,appreciation,argumentation,presuppositions,assumptions,environmental discourse |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Language and Communication Studies Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Migration Research Network Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Area Studies |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Dec 2018 12:30 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jul 2023 09:50 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/69131 |
| DOI: | 10.1075/fol.18055.pou |
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