CEO's letter to shareholders : a comparative study of evaluative stance in annual reports.
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...
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| author | Chu, Tee Seau. Ng, Siok Ching. Ngoh, Siew Hian. |
| author2 | Wee, Constance Wei Ling |
| author_facet | Wee, Constance Wei Ling Chu, Tee Seau. Ng, Siok Ching. Ngoh, Siew Hian. |
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| description | 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 explores and examines different linguistic selections adopted by companies in their annual reports to shape reader perceptions. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/100322023-05-19T03:30:02Z CEO's letter to shareholders : a comparative study of evaluative stance in annual reports. Chu, Tee Seau. Ng, Siok Ching. Ngoh, Siew Hian. Wee, Constance Wei Ling Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::Management 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 explores and examines different linguistic selections adopted by companies in their annual reports to shape reader perceptions. 2008-09-24T07:39:01Z 2008-09-24T07:39:01Z 2006 2006 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10032 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Business::Management Chu, Tee Seau. Ng, Siok Ching. Ngoh, Siew Hian. CEO's letter to shareholders : a comparative study of evaluative stance in annual reports. |
| title | CEO's letter to shareholders : a comparative study of evaluative stance in annual reports. |
| title_full | CEO's letter to shareholders : a comparative study of evaluative stance in annual reports. |
| title_fullStr | CEO's letter to shareholders : a comparative study of evaluative stance in annual reports. |
| title_full_unstemmed | CEO's letter to shareholders : a comparative study of evaluative stance in annual reports. |
| title_short | CEO's letter to shareholders : a comparative study of evaluative stance in annual reports. |
| title_sort | ceo s letter to shareholders a comparative study of evaluative stance in annual reports |
| topic | DRNTU::Business::Management |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10032 |
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