Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-311) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Ideology and discourse -- Evaluation and cognition -- Interpretative shortcuts -- Evaluative semantics -- Semantic networks and discourse representation -- Styled semantic networks -- Dynamic semantic networks -- Setting the weights -- Evaluation and rhetorical attitudes.
Summary
This is the first comprehensive study of evaluative phenomena, from connotations to judgement of value, in language and discourse. It explores the cognitive foundations of evaluation, and emphasises its social dimension.