I do not mistrust the future. [neg -sec] 6. I do not fear what is ahead. [neg -des] Our great parties have too often been far apart and untrusting [-prop]
As the table above shows, the affect appraisal items found in the texts are only 6 consisting of 3 desire, 2 unhappiness and 1 insecurity. The following are the
complete clauses of the 6 appraising items.
1. There is a man…who has earned…our hearts.. [+hap] 2. And he would…be gladdened by this day…[+hap]
3. …and I don’t want to…[neg +des] 4. And we don’t wish to turn back time…[neg -des]
5. I do not mistrust the future. [neg -sec] 6. I do not fear what is ahead. [neg -des]
Table 4.2. Judgement in Bush Sr’s Inaugural Address No
Appraising Items Judgement
Appraised Place
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10
11 12
13 14
15 16
17 18
19 20
21 22
23 24
25 26
- …earned …hearts … - agitate…
- proud, free nation, decent and civil,
- not loudly and proudly - cannot
- must - will
- will - will
- must - will
- will - will
- will - will
- must - must
- apart and untrusting of each other
- surely - loyal
- can’t - will
- must - will
- will - must
+cap +prop
+prop neg -prop
neg -prop + prop
+ten +ten
+ten +prop
+ten +ten
+ten +ten
+ten +prop
+prop -prop
+ver +prop
-cap +ten
+prop +ten
+ten +prop
President Reagan The people of the world
America Americans
Americans Americans
Americans Americans
Americans Americans
Americans Americans
Bush Sr Bush Sr
Americans Americans
Americans Political Parties
Reaching of limit People in the opposition
supporting Bush Sr Americans
Americans America
Americans Americans
Americans 1
14 17
18 20
21 24
25 26
28 33
33 34
35 41
42 43
48 49
52 53
58 64
65 68
77
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It can be seen from the table that the judgement elements in the text amounts to 26 items, which is distributed into 12 propriety, 11 tenacity, 2 capacity, and 1
veracity. The most dominant sub-system of judgement in the text is the propriety.
Below are three of the appraising items.
1. The people of the world agitate for free expression [+prop] 2. We know in our hearts, not proudly and loudly, …that this country…[neg –prop]
3. Our great parties have too often been far apart and untrusting [-prop]
The second most dominant sub-system is the tenacity. The following are the examples.
1. We will work hand in hand… [+ten] 2. We will work on this in the White House. [+ten]
3. I will ask every member of my government…[+ten]
The least dominant sub-system is the capacity. The following are the only two examples of the sub-system.
1. …a man who has earned our hearts…[+cap] 2. We can’t turn back clocks… [-cap]
The veracity has only one appraisal item, which is in the clause 49 in the text.
The clause reads: ” surely the statute of limitations has been reached” [+ver].
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Table 4.3. Appreciation in Bush Sr’s Inaugural Address
No Appraising Items
Appreciation Appraised
Place
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10
11 12
13 14
15 16
17 18
19 20
21 22
23 24
25 26
27 28
29 30
31 32
33 34
35 36
37 38
39 40
41 42
43 44
45 46
47 48
- wonderful - right
- gladdened - …stunning…
- rich … - peaceful, prosperous
- old… - new
- …thick… - ..open…
- moving… - moving…
- works - right
- beyond… - kind
- gentle - low
- new…done - unused
- unfocused - come of age
- thousands - brighter
- new - not old
- timeless - difficult
- discordant - …changed…
- hard - great
- reached - fact
- old - crucial
- new - strong
- reluctant.. -strong…
- held… - remembered
- endlessly - great
- compliment - good
- new - good
+val +val
+reac +reac
+val +reac
-val +val
-comp +reac
+reac +reac
+val +reac
+val +reac
+reac -reac
+val -reac
-reac +reac
+reac +reac
+val neg –reac
+val -comp
-comp +reac
-reac +reac
-reac -reac
-reac +val
+val +val
-reac +reac
-reac +reac
+reac +reac
+reac +reac
+val +reac
Reagan’s achievement Recalling of Washington
Washington Continuity of America
Time of Reagan’s Inauguration Time of the Inauguration
Ideas of totalitarianism Action for goodness
The future The future
Big nations People of the world
Freedom Freedom
Meaning of country Face of America
Face of the world Americas fund
Activism Talent of the elderly
Energy of the young Generation after WW II
Points in Bush Sr’s speech Points in Bush Sr’s speech
old ideas old ideas
old ideas Things
Americans American Congress
looks on the Congressman American political parties
Statute of limitation Reaching of statute limit
bipartisanship Moving beyond partisanship
Agreement with other country Americans
Agreement offer Agreement offer
Americans Help for troubled Americans
Good faith America and her allies
candor subtlety
closeness with Soviet Union hope
2 3
4 5
6 7
8 9
10 11
12 13
14 15
16 19
22 22
23 27
29 30
31 32
36 39
40 44
45 46
47 48
49 50
51 56
57 58
59 60
61 62
63 64
66 67
68 69
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49 50
51 52
53 54
55 56
57 58
59 60
61 62
63 64
65 66
- understandable - not sentimental
- …connected - big
- …beautiful… - neither prince nor pope
- few -most obvious
- much - much
- large - larger
- great - greater
- endless - …boundless
- book… - small and stately
+reac neg –reac
+reac +reac
+reac neg +reac
+reac -reac
-reac -reac
-reac +reac
-reac +val
-val +val
+reac +reac
satisfaction of democracy talk of veterans
Americans Inauguration day
Freedom President
Urgent problems to be solved Drug problem
Things to do Things to do
Americans problem Americans will
challenges facing America Americans will
Americans fault God’s love
history story of American struggle
70 71
72 73
74 75
76 78
79 80
83 84
85 86
87 88
89 90
The appreciation totals 66 consisting of 46 reaction, 17 valuation, 3
composition. The examples of reaction are:
1. I thank you for the wonderful things that you have done to us [+reac] 2. … harnessing the unused talent of the elderly… [-reac]
3. I don’t mean this to be sentimental [neg –reac] 5. A president is neither prince nor pope [neg +react]
The second most dominant sub-system of appreciation is valuation. Below are examples:
1. I come before you… at a moment rich with promise [+val] 2. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves [-val]
3. Freedom works. [+val]
The least dominant sub-system of appreciation is composition. Below are examples:
1. ..When the future seems thick as fog… [-comp] 2. But of course, things maybe difficult [-comp]
3. We have had a chorus of discordant voices [-comp] Table 4.3. Continued
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From the explanation above, it may be concluded that all of the sub-systems of attitude are found in the text of Bush Sr’s inaugural address. The most dominant of
the sub-systems, the sub-system that has the most appraising items in the text is the appreciation. The second most dominant is the judgement. The least dominant sub-
system is the affect. The data in the three tables is converted into the following figure that shows
the networks of each of the sub-system of the attitude.
positive do not fear
Disinclination negative
don’t want, don’t wish positive
earned hearts, gladdened Unhappiness
negative -
positive -
Insecurity negative
do not mistrust positive
- Affect
Dissatisfaction negative
- positive
- Normality
negative -
positive will
Tenacity negative
- positive
earned hearts Social Esteem
Capacity negative
can’t positive
surely Veracity
negative -
positive agitate, proud, free, decent, and civil,
not loudly and proudly, must, loyal, Judgement
Social Sanction Propriety
negative cannot, apart and untrusting of each
other
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positive gladdened, stunning, peaceful, prosperous, open, moving,
right, beyond, kind, gentle, come of age, thousands, brighter, not old, changed, great, reached, strong,
remembered, endlessly, great compliment, good, understandable, not sentimental, connected, big,
beautiful, neither prince nor pope, few, book, small and stately,
Reaction negative
low, unused, unfocused, hard, fact, old, held, reluctant, most obvious, much, large, great,
positive -
Composition negative thick, difficult, discordant,
positive wonderful, right, rich, new, works, beyond, new…done,
timeless, crucial, greater, boundless, Appreciation
Valuation negative old, endless,
Figure 4.1. The Networks of Affect, Judgement, and Appreciation in Bush Sr’s Inaugural Address