Appraisal System and Its Case in Sumatra Disaster 2025

Appraisal System and Its Case in Sumatra Disaster 2025 explores how language expresses feelings, evaluations, and perspectives on various events, particularly natural disasters. Drawing on Systemic Functional Linguistics, the book introduces Appraisal Theory through its three main domains: Attitude, Engagement, and Graduation. The discussion covers how language conveys emotions, evaluates human behaviour and events, establishes relationships between different perspectives, and indicates the intensity of statements. The book also connects Appraisal Theory with various forms of discourse, gender studies, and ecolinguistics to illustrate the relationships between language, people, and the environment. The book specifically focuses on the narratives of women survivors of flash floods as representations of human experiences in facing disasters. Through word choices and evaluative expressions, readers are invited to understand how fear, loss, hope, resilience, and concern for the environment are conveyed through language. Beyond expanding readers' understanding of Appraisal Theory and its application across different forms of discourse, the book encourages readers to approach disaster narratives from humanitarian and environmental perspectives. It serves as a useful reference for university students, lecturers, language enthusiasts, and readers interested in discourse analysis, linguistics, gender studies, and ecolinguistics.