Based on the Appraisal System, more specifically on the Engagement subsystem (MARTIN, 2000; WHITE, 2002/2004; MARTIN and WHITE, 2005), this study analyzes the way undergraduate students of Letras present theoretical voices in their B.A. final works, showing preference for dialogic expansion - entertainment (probability) and attribution (acknowledgement). Results evidence a low degree of responsibility of the authorial voice.
engagement; dialogic expansion; dialogic contraction
