The aim of the present paper is to focus on the language of Human Resources (HR) as one of the subfields of English for business purposes in respect of positive evaluation and stancetaking and to identify to what extent evaluative language common in real-life situations is reflected in currently available textbooks of English for HR (EHR). Authentic language is taken from blogs and interviews with prominent HR managers on www.thehrdirector.com, which is a global online magazine dedicated to HR professionals. The corpus created from these texts is analysed from the point of view of evaluative language and the data ascertained are put into contrast with the language presented in three commonly available HR English textbooks. The analysis focusses on the lexical level of language and is based on the Appraisal framework (and the system of Attitude) of Systemic Functional Linguistics. Even though the present study is intended as qualitative rather than quantitative, the findings are quantified in order to shed some light on the commonality and frequency of some of the phenomena ascertained and their reflection in the textbooks. The outcomes of the analysis might serve as food for thought and inspiration for tertiary-level teachers of general business English courses as well as highly specialised courses focusing on the language of human resources.

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人力资源语言中的正面评价：教科书与现实

本论文的目的是将人力资源 (HR) 的语言作为商业英语的子领域之一，在积极评价和立场方面加以关注，并确定现实生活中常见的评价语言在多大程度上是反映在当前可用的人力资源英语 (EHR) 教科书中。真实语言取自 www.thehrdirector.com 上的博客和对著名人力资源经理的采访，该网站是专门面向人力资源专业人士的全球在线杂志。从这些文本创建的语料库从评价语言的角度进行分析，并将确定的数据与三本常见的人力资源英语教科书中的语言进行对比。分析侧重于语言的词汇层面，基于系统功能语言学的评价框架（和态度系统）。尽管本研究的目的是定性而非定量，但对研究结果进行了量化，以阐明某些已确定现象的共性和频率以及它们在教科书中的反映。分析的结果可以作为普通商务英语课程以及以人力资源语言为重点的高度专业化课程的三级教师的思考和启发的食粮。对调查结果进行了量化，以阐明某些已确定现象的共性和频率以及它们在教科书中的反映。分析的结果可以作为普通商务英语课程以及以人力资源语言为重点的高度专业化课程的三级教师的思考和启发的食粮。对调查结果进行了量化，以阐明某些已确定现象的共性和频率以及它们在教科书中的反映。分析结果可作为普通商务英语课程以及以人力资源语言为重点的高度专业化课程的三级教师的思考和启发的食粮。