A protocol for the annotation of evaluative stance and metaphor across four discourse genres

The present article contributes to research on evaluation by addressing two complementary objectives: first, we present a protocol for the identification and annotation of evaluation in English discourse and, second, we show the results of the implementation of the protocol in the annotation of eval...

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Autores: Hidalgo Downing, Laura, Pérez Sobrino, Paula, Filardo Llamas, Laura, Maíz Arévalo, Carmen, Núñez Perucha, Begoña, Sánchez Moya, Alfonso, Williams Camus, Julia Teresa|||0000-0001-9201-4650
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/36164
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10902/36164
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Evaluation
Stance
Evaluative metaphor
Evaluation annotation
Evaluation in genres
Evaluación
Posicionamiento
Metáfora evaluativa
Anotación de la evaluación
Evaluación en géneros discursivos
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Sumario:The present article contributes to research on evaluation by addressing two complementary objectives: first, we present a protocol for the identification and annotation of evaluation in English discourse and, second, we show the results of the implementation of the protocol in the annotation of evaluation in a sample of a corpus of four genres. We first describe the protocol by discussing the theoretical and methodological grounding of the annotation scheme, the criteria, the categories, the steps for the implementation of the protocol and an illustrative example of the application of the protocol to a short extract. We subsequently provide the preliminary results of a pilot study with the frequency of evaluative expressions across the four genres. Results show that while adjectives and non-metaphoric evaluative expressions are overall more frequent, there are differences regarding the preference for positive or negative value and regarding the frequency of function.