Contents
1. Evaluative language, phraseology and corpus linguistics -- 2. Appraisal, stance, evaluation -- 3. Status in written texts and multi-modal texts -- 4. Evaluation, quantity and meaning -- 5. Modal-like expressions -- 6. Corpus approaches to investigating status -- 7. Grammar patterns, local grammars and evaluation -- 8. Phraseology, intensity and density -- 9. Conclusion.