M.A. (Afrikaans) / A linguistic study can be approached in many ways. In this study language usage is viewed from a pragmatic angle. One type of discourse, namely a written literary discourse, and a drama in particular, is used as a point of departure in order to illustrate a certain discourse element. The drama, Moeders en Dogters by Corlia Fourie, is placed within a speech act framework and is seen as a macro speech act. By concentrating on one element of the discourse, namely conversation strategy, it is the intention to show how this discourse element, which appears in the illocutionary units of the drama, can be linked to the intention of the abstract author. This intent ion manifests itself as illocution in the drama which is directed at achieving a specific perlocution on the part of the audience/reader. Chapter two discusses the communication process, the term discourse and the various aspects of discourse that are relevant for this study, namely the different types of discourse, the process by which discourse comes into being, the structure of the discourse and discourse strategies. Different types of discourse strategies are pointed out and subsequently one discourse strategy, namely conversation strategy is concentrated on. The role and function of conversation strategies are highlighted and one type of conversation strategy, namely turn-taking, is isolated. The dualistic character of turn-taking, firstly as conversation strategy and secondly as structure element, is discussed in chapter three. The functioning of turn-taking patterns in Moeders en Dogters is illustrated, and subsequently certain conclusions are drawn concerning the relation between turn-taking on the one hand and conversation rules, illusion , perlocution, other conversation strategies and conve r se t i on units, on the other hand. Chapter four concentrates on the way in which turn taking patterns between the characters in combination with the temporal-spatial context within which the drama takes place, can be redirected to the intention of the abstract author, which is aimed at a specific perlocution on the part of the audience/reader. By pointing out this relation, the function of conversation strategies (and specifically in this case turn- taking as conversation strategy,) will be made clear, namely that it operates as a binding discourse element that leads to cohesion in the first place and eventually to coherency within the discourse.

D.Litt. et Phil. / Although Freudian theory traditionally constitutes one of the most important approaches to psychotherapy, it has also generated much criticism from different scientific perspectives. An attempt is made in this study to answer the criticisms of the hermeneuticians and the positivists by using the a systemic approach to indicate a possible solution to methodological and theoretical problems which beset Freudian theory and praxis. The This the research procedure was reported as fully as possible. implies that the therapist's theoretical perspectives, case history of the patient, and the complete transcription qualitatively of the sessions are reported. and quantitatively analysed The results were in an integrated approach. The quantitative analysis was done with the use of a computer program called WORDS, which employs a clustering technique to indicate the development of thematic centroids. The qualitative analysis of the sessions indicates the sequential development of the interaction, and also includes the analysis of the free-associations in each session. The conclusions which are reached in this study are constituted, and reflected in the report of the research process itself. The observations, the thoughts, the processes and the patterns together create the picture which is the conclusion.

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Magister Artium - MA / This research aimed to give an account of the development of concepts of text and discourse and the various approaches to analysis of texts and discourses, as this is reflected in core linguistic literature since the late 1960s. The idea was to focus specifically on literature that notes the development stimulated by a proliferation of electronic media. Secondly, this research aimed to describe the nature of electronic news texts found on the internet in comparison to an equivalent printed version, namely texts printed in newspapers and simultaneously on the newspaper website. / South Africa

Current American education is comprised of and influenced by a myriad of complex legislative, technological, and cultural representations of consumption, however this historic-educational study specifically examines how the Reagan administration discursively initiated the consumerizing educational framework. While existing research studies the neoliberal implications on education, this study addresses the neoliberal reforms under President Reagan within the discursive paradigm of its consumerizing impact. By using Critical Discourse Analysis on a selection of Presidential proclamations, speeches, and national educational reports, this study examines and elucidates how the Reagan administration created the consumerizing framework for American education. The Reagan administration distinguished American education from its predecessors as prioritizing the consuming potential of students, while simultaneously situating education as a commodity. The Reagan administration discursively positioned education as a commodity by implementing the free market values of competition and choice. Through Reagan’s encouragement of corporate involvement and rewarding the tenacity of business initiatives in education, American education transitioned from a democratic ideal to a market-oriented institution. This was specifically accomplished through positioning Reagan’s predecessors as misguided and situating Reagan as a rescuer, while legitimating the reforms as adhering to the American spirit. Similarly, business was presented as embodying the essence of the American spirit and being a rejuvenating force. Choice and competition were recontextualized from their economic purpose and recommended as a new form of educational governance. By understanding the results through the lens of some Frankfurt School thinkers and expanding on Bowles and Gintis’ educational theory, this study argues that Reagan’s reforms embodied a physical consumerizing aspect and an interactional consumerizing facet as necessary for the economy of post-industrial America.

Orientador: Jonas de Araujo Romualdo / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-03T14:48:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Paula_LedaQueirozde_M.pdf: 5007215 bytes, checksum: 30f49f88ba33e83e3be4dc322d7a7768 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003 / Resumo: Este trabalho trata da linguagem empresarial, aqui enfocada nos discursos veiculados na revista VOCÊ S.A . por indivíduos do mundo dos negócios, ocupando a posição-sujeito empresário, para outros indivíduos leitores dessa revista, ocupando a posição-sujeito trabalhador, numa relação de interpelação. Observamos que o sujeito-trabalhador é interpelado pelo sujeito da linguagem empresarial como sujeito de direito, aquele que é responsável por seus atos, através de processos discursivos tais como a nomeação, que criará um estereótipo para o trabalhador. O funcionamento discursivo da estereotipia contribuirá para uma dupla sujeição: a do sujeito-trabalhador e a da realidade, compreendida como apropriação/representação do real. O funcionamento dos gêneros da auto-ajuda e da espiritualidade também co-operarão na interpelação do sujeito-trabalhador, levando-o, enquanto interlocutor, a significar a realidade da mesma maneira que seu locutor. Estudamos que sentidos ressaltam, sobrepõem-se ou ficam silenciados nesse processo de interpelação, envolvendo as imagens de trabalho e de trabalhador, tomando por base o referencial teórico e metodológico da Análise do Discurso, para quem o "discurso é efeito de sentido entre [inter]locutores" (Pêcheux, [1969] 1990b ) / Abstract: This work analyses business language comprehended as discourses presented in some articles published by Voce S.A. magazine that show a relation of interpellation some world business individuals use when "talking" to other individuals, workers in general, readers of this magazine. The reader of Voce S.A. is a worker interpellated by that kind of language as a subject of rights, that is, the one who is responsible for his acts, through discursive processes such as the nomination, that will provide an stereotyped image of this worker, and through the functioning of the spirituality and self-aid speeches. This analysis supported by the French analysis of discourse had the objective to apprehend which meanings were emphasized, highlighted, or silenced in those processes of interpellation, involving the images of work and worker / Mestrado / Mestre em Linguística