“Why does the world hate Pope Benedict XVI?": an investigation of judgment in light of the Appraisal System

Based on the Appraisal System, this paper analyzes the text "Why does the world hate Pope Benedict XVI?", attributed to Abbot Cacqueray. It specifically focuses on judgment as one possible way to achieve the producer’s attitudinal positioning. Thus, the work is concerned with language stan...

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Autores: Santos, Alex Luis dos, Carmo, Cláudio Márcio do
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Brasil
Institución:Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Campos dos Goytacazes
Repositorio:Vértices (Campos dos Goitacazes. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.editoraessentia.iff.edu.br:article/1245
Acceso en línea:https://editoraessentia.iff.edu.br/index.php/vertices/article/view/1809-2667.20120037
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Appraisal
Benedict XVI
Judgement
Avaliatividade
Bento XVI
Julgamento
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Sumario:Based on the Appraisal System, this paper analyzes the text "Why does the world hate Pope Benedict XVI?", attributed to Abbot Cacqueray. It specifically focuses on judgment as one possible way to achieve the producer’s attitudinal positioning. Thus, the work is concerned with language stances that criticize or praise, that condemn or applaud a certain behaviour - actions, deeds, sayings, beliefs, motivations – as seen in the text used in the analysis.