Alexanne Don
List of John Benjamins publications for which Alexanne Don plays a role.
Articles
2015 Appraisal and the language of wine appreciation: A critical discussion of the potential of the Appraisal framework as a tool to analyse specialised genres Functions of Language 22:2, pp. 161–191 | Article
This paper explores the language used by critics to appraise wine, at the same time investigating the validity and usefulness of categories in the Appraisal framework, as set out by Martin & White (2005). Our analysis of a corpus of wine reviews suggests that sub-categories of Appreciation — used… read more
2013 Iconicity, intermediality, and interpersonal meanings in a Social Semiotic Space Iconic Investigations, Elleström, Lars, Olga Fischer and Christina Ljungberg (eds.), pp. 211–232 | Article
Sets of strategies labelled ‘markers’ were identified in email texts based on features which have not traditionally been considered conventional or desirable in written text due to its more ‘reflective’, more editable affordances. The analysis attended both to their interpersonal function as well… read more