Appraisal in Political Speech: A Comparative Discursive Study of Winston Churchill and Tony Blair
This study investigated alignments in speeches held by two historically prominent politicians: Sir Winston Churchill and Tony Blair. The speeches that comprised the data of this study were a speech from 3 September, 1939, for the former, and a speech held on 18 March, 2003, for the latter. The study made use of Martin & White’s (2005) account of appraisal theory. Firstly, the use of positive