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Download full textSwear, Muna Abdulhussein – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The Appraisal Theory includes three subsystems of evaluation; Attitude, Engagement, and Graduation. This study focuses on Graduation subsystem which is used by writers to amplify or diminish the scope of these two subsystems. It consists of Focus and Force options. Focus expressions are usually non-gradable they tend to sharpen or soften the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Native Speakers, Dialects
