Understanding the language of evaluation in examiners’ reports on doctoral theses
| Autor: | Terry Lovat, Hedy Fairbairn, Margaret Kiley, Brian Paltridge, Allyson Holbrook, Sid Bourke, Robert McMurtrie, Sue Starfield |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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060201 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language 4. Education media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Judgement 050301 education 06 humanities and the arts Language and Linguistics Education Covert Languages & Linguistics 0602 languages and literature Pedagogy Institution Psychology 0503 education Language construct media_common |
| Zdroj: | Linguistics and Education. 31:130-144 |
| ISSN: | 0898-5898 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.linged.2015.06.004 |
| Popis: | Despite their high stakes nature, examiners’ reports on doctoral theses are a relatively unexplored genre. Very little work has been done, further, on how evaluative language constructs meanings in the reports. To better understand the evaluative language used in the reports, this study analyses the examination criteria established by a university in New Zealand and draws on the appraisal framework to examine 142 examiners’ reports from that institution. We explore the examiners’ reports through the generalised systems of attitude and engagement and extend the framework by suggesting more delicate options within appreciation and judgement and introduce two new concepts, covert judgement and embedded judgement. While it is primarily the thesis that is appreciated in the reports, in line with the university's examination criteria, it is often the case that the candidate is also judged and the examiner is affected. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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