Corpus linguistics provides the methodology to extract meaning from texts. Taking as its
starting point the fact that language is not a mirror of reality but lets us share what we know …

This book is about the language or discourse of history and is based on original research
that I have conducted over the last ten years. The main aim of the book is to show readers …

This book offers new insights into how English speakers talk about their own and others'
emotions. Using statistical evidence and corpus-linguistic methods, but also qualitative text …

The paper provides a new framework for exploring the linguistic mechanisms by which the
hard news reporting typical of the so-called “broadsheet” newspaper maintains its claim to …

It is a commonly held view that mass media news reporting should be 'objective', that it
should provide an impartial record of events free of the influence of the author's or the media …

The focus in this chapter is on the evaluative systems of attitude, as modelled in the
appraisal framework. While fully accepting the validity of the model, I explore three practical …

Within critical discourse analysis (CDA), there has been ongoing interest in how texts
position readers to view social and political events in a particular way. Traditionally, analysts …

This paper examines the concept of polyphony in Appraisal (evaluation)-the combining (eg
fusing or blending) of different kinds of Appraisal systems or sub-systems. It identifies and …

In June 2019, Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers entered the home of a prominent
political journalist, Annika Smethurst, in search of evidence relating to the sources Smethurst …

This edited collection is about the application of English grammar and specialises
in'functional'and'corpus' approaches, approaches which are increasingly recognised as …