Doctoral thesis in Social sciences and humanities: Language of Graduation in English Literary Discourse through the Lens of Translation

This study aims to investigate the language used for denoting graduation in English literary discourse. Basing on the theoretical framework of Appraisal proposed by Martin and White (2005), it lays its focus particularly on how intensification as graduation is realized via linguistic and stylistic means in English literary discourse. A comparison among expressions for intensification is established to recognize what sub-groups are preferable to be used in this type of discourse.