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