CEO's letter to shareholders : a comparative study of evaluative stance in annual reports.

• Main Authors: Chu, Tee Seau., Ng, Siok Ching., Ngoh, Siew Hian.
• Other Authors: Wee, Constance Wei Ling
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Management
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10032
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study offers a departure from the normal numeric crunching of financial figures in annual reports by providing a qualitative analysis to the investor story. Making use of Appraisal Theory, a recent development within Systemic Functional Linguistics as the key theoretical foundation, this report...