Chapter published in:
“All families and genera”: Exploring the Corpus of English Life Sciences Texts
Edited by Isabel Moskowich, Inés Lareo and Gonzalo Camiña
[Not in series 237] 2021
► pp. 227–248

Chapter 12
Evaluative that structures in the Corpus of English Life Sciences Texts

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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Stance and evaluative-that
  • 3.Method
  • 4.Evaluative that-expressions: Analysis and results
    • 4.1Evaluative entity
    • 4.2Evaluative stance
      • 4.2.1Attitudinal stance
      • 4.2.2Epistemic stance
    • 4.3Evaluative source
      • 4.3.1Human -subjective
      • 4.3.2Abstract entity–inanimate source
      • 4.3.3Concealed–source not identified
    • 4.4Expression
      • 4.4.1Non-verbal predicates
        • 4.4.1.1Non-verbal noun predicates
        • 4.4.1.2Non-verbal adjective predicates
      • 4.4.2Verbal predicates
        • 4.4.2.1Research acts in the real world
        • 4.4.2.2Discourse acts
        • 4.4.2.3Cognitive acts
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Works cited
Published online: 10 September 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.237.12alo
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