| Naslov: | The language of appraisal in selected TED talks : magistrsko delo |
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| Avtorji: | ID Vidmar, Sarah (Avtor)
ID Jurančič, Klementina Penelope (Mentor) Več o mentorju... 
ID Križan, Agata (Komentor) |
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| Datoteke: |  MAG_Vidmar_Sarah_2021.pdf (2,23 MB)
MD5: 7A384D99BA475FE1F97CB5555635CD04
PID: 20.500.12556/dkum/d45df30b-426a-4eab-9017-e2ec1310bc6a
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| Jezik: | Angleški jezik |
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| Vrsta gradiva: | Magistrsko delo/naloga |
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| Tipologija: | 2.09 - Magistrsko delo |
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| Organizacija: | FF - Filozofska fakulteta
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| Opis: | This master’s thesis examines five selected TED Talks by using Martin and White’s Appraisal Theory (2005). TED Talks are a specific form of speech which has spread worldwide with live TED events and even videos online since the first organised TED event in 1984. The theoretical background of this master’s thesis covers mainly Martin and White’s Appraisal Theory (2005), although it does include the views of other researchers, including Mary Macken-Horarik and Anne Isaac, as well as Geoff Thompson, on appraisal analysis as well. Furthermore, it encompasses a short overview of discourse analysis and systemic functional linguistics, as this is the theoretical framework from which Appraisal Theory has evolved. The empirical part includes the analysis of appraisal in the five selected TED Talks, chosen based on the assigned tag on the official TED web page. The selected TED Talks are: “Why I'm Done Trying to Be ‘Man Enough’” by Justin Baldoni; “Dare to Refuse the Origin Myths That Claim Who You Are” by Chetan Bhatt; “How Changing Your Story Can Change Your Life” by Lori Gottlieb; “My Year of Saying Yes to Everything” by Shonda Rhimes; and “Your Brain Hallucinates Your Conscious Reality” by Anil Seth.
The appraisal model explores the speaker/writer’s evaluation of certain occurrences, concepts and people in a form of his/her emotional responses, judgement and appreciation. Furthermore, it studies the speaker/writer’s positioning to alternative viewpoints and alignment with the text’s point of view. The aim of this thesis is to observe the use of appraisals in a contemporary form of a public speech, i.e. TED Talks. The further objective of this thesis is also to detect typical patterns in appraisal use within the genre of public speaking, specifically, within TED Talks which are known to have a set form and common features that distinguish them from other forms of speeches or academic lectures. Thus, this thesis aims to research ways in which the speakers of the selected TED Talks express themselves with the use of appraisals. Since all but one of the chosen five TED Talks are tagged as ‘Personal Growth’ on the official TED web page, the purpose of the research is also to see whether there are any differences in appraisal use, more specifically in the use of affect between the TED Talks tagged as ‘Personal Growth’ and the one which is not tagged as such and may therefore be more objective in its nature. Besides exploring attitudinal resources, the thesis also observes the occurrence of graduation resources and their prevalence, as well as the ways the speakers engage with their audience and their prevalence.
The appraisal analysis of the selected TED Talks has proved the use of all attitudinal resources in the delivery of these talks. Furthermore, the analysis has shown that the chosen topics of TED Talks have an influence on the speakers’ use of attitudes. Affect has a prominent role in most talks, however, the more the speaker tries to stay unbiased and objective, the more she or he avoids affect in relation to her-/himself and turns to appreciation. In addition, the speakers of the selected TED Talks tend to use graduation heavily in their narrative, force being the predominant graduation resource in all selected talks. Even though the analysis of engagement resources in the selected TED Talks showed the presence of dialogically expansive expressions to be more common in four out of five examined TED Talks, dialogically contractive expressions also occur frequently in the speakers’ narratives, revealing the speakers’ attempt to balance welcoming of alternative viewpoints and at the same time maintain self-assurance in their knowledge and beliefs by restricting other voices. |
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| Ključne besede: | Appraisal, TED Talks, Evaluation, Appraisal Analysis, Discourse Analysis |
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| Kraj izida: | Maribor |
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| Kraj izvedbe: | Maribor |
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| Založnik: | [S. Vidmar] |
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| Leto izida: | 2021 |
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| Št. strani: | 1 spletni vir (1 datoteka PDF (XII, 171 str.)) |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-80992 |
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| UDK: | 81\'42(043.2) |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 90134275 |
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| Datum objave v DKUM: | 20.12.2021 |
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| Število ogledov: | 1352 |
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| Število prenosov: | 170 |
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| Metapodatki: |    |
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| Področja: | FF
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VIDMAR, Sarah, 2021, The language of appraisal in selected TED talks : magistrsko delo [na spletu]. Magistrsko delo. Maribor : S. Vidmar. [Dostopano 6 april 2025]. Pridobljeno s: https://dk.um.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=slv&id=80992
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