How economists modify their claims
Abstract
Abstract This study examines how writers express epistemic and attitudinal stance in English and Italian economic texts from 1900 to 1929. It analyses a corpus of treatises and textbooks to identify stance markers and their role in argumentation. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, the frequency and use of these markers in the two languages and general language corpora are compared. The findings show that economic claims are expressed in similar ways but with differences in marker frequency. Italian writers tend to explain, evaluate, and quantify, while English writers favour cause-and-effect reasoning. The qualitative analysis highlights how stance markers shape different arguments, influencing how economic discourse is structured in each language.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
Computational and Text Analysis Methods
Second Language Acquisition and Learning
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Studies in corpus linguistics
- Publisher
- John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Pages
- 202–229
- Publication date
- 20 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter