The appraisal theory adds value through evaluating language within the context of the interpersonal functions of meaning with the specific purpose of analyzing the features of attitudinal language. Wei, Wherrity & Zhang (2015) reviewed research that employed appraisal theory to explain this theoretical framework and offer a re-theorization and refinement to it as a whole, to explain one or more of its subsystems as a means of providing suggestions as to how they can better function in different contextual, situational, and cultural situations (e.g., Ngo & Unsworth, 2015), or as a methodology for discourse analysis (e.g., Mei & Allison, 2005; Chen, 2010). While appraisal theory has been successfully applied as an analysis framework within different genres, such as media discourse, educational contexts, and legal discourse (Wei, Wherrity & Zhang, 2015), it has also been implemented in L2 research as an instructional (e.g., Haromi, 2014), or discourse analysis (e.g., Ryshina-Pankova & Kugele, 2013; Harman & Xiaodong, 2015)
The appraisal theory adds value through evaluating language within the context of the interpersonal functions of meaning with the specific purpose of analyzing the features of attitudinal language. Wei, Wherrity & Zhang (2015) reviewed research that employed appraisal theory to explain this theoretical framework and offer a re-theorization and refinement to it as a whole, to explain one or more of its subsystems as a means of providing suggestions as to how they can better function in different contextual, situational, and cultural situations (e.g., Ngo & Unsworth, 2015), or as a methodology for discourse analysis (e.g., Mei & Allison, 2005; Chen, 2010). While appraisal theory has been successfully applied as an analysis framework within different genres, such as media discourse, educational contexts, and legal discourse (Wei, Wherrity & Zhang, 2015), it has also been implemented in L2 research as an instructional (e.g., Haromi, 2014), or discourse analysis (e.g., Ryshina-Pankova & Kugele, 2013; Harman & Xiaodong, 2015)