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Appraisal and Involvement

The text explores the concept of appraisal and how it is utilized in language to express emotions, judgments, and valuations. It highlights the role of involvement in language, particularly through the use of foreign expressions to index group membership.

Appraisal and Involvement

APPRAISAL

It is divided into 3 categories

APPRECIATION: Express your opinion about something or somebody.
Shallow, irrelevant.
Valuation: Profound, relevant.
Complex, extravagant.
Composition: Elegant, spacious.
Horrible, boring.
Reaction: Nice, wonderful.
JUDGEMENT: Expression of social sanctions and social esteem.
Unfortunate, peculiar.
Social esteem:Brave, strong.
Immoral, wrong.
Social Sanction:Good, moral.
AFFECT: You show your personal feeling.
Tired, fed up.
Dis-satisfaction: Interested, absorbed.
Anxious, worried.
In-security: Confident, composed.
Down, sad.
Un-hapiness: Happy, cheerful.
Verbs can express: Likes Dislikes Love Hate Like
Adverbs: Incredibly, just, totally, really.
Expressive devices:Awful, amazing, great.

INVOLVEMENT

Catch phrases: Is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance.
Example:Resistance is futile.
Foreign Expressions
It represents an integral part of the English language and of many other languages too.
Jargon: Is characterized by the usage of terms which are unfamiliar to most
Example: Agonal is a term to signify a major, negative change in a patient's condition.
Taboo Language: Words and phrases that are considered inappropriate in certain contexts.
Example: Talk about sex and religious.
Swearing: It means change a word of a sentence or expression.
Example: Oh my gush instead of say Oh my God.
Slang: Is the use of informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's language.
Grub: food
Booze: Alcohol
Adress terms: It could be friendly, unfriendly, neutral, respectful and disrespectful.
Ladies and gentlemen.
Dear students
Use of names:
Honey, baby, sweetheart
It includes:
It refers to the language resources used for indexing group membership.

It refers to the language resources used to negotiate emotions, judgements and valuations.