ABSTRACT
Several scholars and authors adopt different terminologies for stance and focus on different aspects of positioning in various genres of discourse. For instance, Biber’s and Finnegan’s (1989) study was based on recorded written and spoken texts, while Ochs (1990) focused on the analysis of conversational interactions. Hyland (2005) was concerned with academic discourse of published research articles. These are among several other approaches to stance studies applied to different genres of language use.
