| Categories | English | Chinese data | |||
| Frequencies | Percentage | Frequencies | Percentage | ||
| Epistemic Stance | Certainty | 28 | 18.42% | 64 | 30.48% |
|
| Hedging | 12 | 7.89% | 8 | 3.81% |
|
| Evidentiality | 10 | 6.58% | 80 | 38.1% |
| Attitudinal Stance | Affect | 12 | 7.89% | 12 | 5.71% |
|
| Evaluation | 90 | 59.21% | 42 | 20% |
| Style Stance |
| 0 | 0% | 4 | 1.9% |
| Total |
| 152 | 100 | 210 | 100 |