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174In relation to the first shift, at this point in the flow of the text, the emphasischanges from description to evaluation and reviewers become specially subjective intheir comments:[C#2] (Sub-function 9) This book reflects the varied research interests of theauthor. Its limitation for use as a textbook, in my opinion, is some lack of depthand rigor.[L#13] (Sub-function 9) As for the purely formal matters, I shall refrain fromboring the reader with too many details...[E#2] (Sub-function 9) Finally, but closest to my heart, is the question of theNash bargaining solution. Let me just say that...Information which is essentially evaluative, referring to which aspects of the bookwere found to be significantly better or worse is conveyed basically in three ways:(a) By using expressions that convey positive or negative value in the form of:(i) ‘Emotionally loaded’ explicit lexemes in the form of nouns and verbs, e.g.,‘shortcomings’, ‘weaknesses’, ‘criticism’, ‘problem’, ‘fails’, ‘lacks’, ‘succeeds’:[C#4] (Sub-function 9) This text is of limited value to the research scientistsince no references are given, thus depriving the reader of the opportunity topursue a topic in greater depth.[L#11] (Sub-function 9) The strength of these essays is that they cover centraland difficult topics in language acquisition and that the positions they take areboth plausible and provocative. ...A problem with the essays derives from thefact that they address a broad range of readers, including those who are likely todisagree on fundamentals and those (like myself) who share the samepsycholinguistic world view...