A pragmatic study of the expressions related to the character of the magistrate as a prisoner in Coetzee's “waiting for the Barbarians”

Abstract EN

This research focuses on the study of the role of the Magistrate as a Prisoner in Coetzee's "Waiting for the Barbarians".

The expressions analysed are 61 in total, the euphemistic expressions are 19, whereas the dysphemistic expressions are 42.

These expressions are analyzed according to the attitudinal system of the Appraisal theory.

The total findings of the euphemistic and dysphemistic expressions show that the negative attitude occurs more than the positive one.

The number of affects is 11, the judgements is 29, and appreciations is 21.

Furthermore, the findings show that the values of judgement are the dominant ones.