Orientador: Marize M. Dall'Aglio-Hattnher / Banca: Flávia Bezerra de Menezes Hirata-Vale / Banca: Anna Flora Brunelli / Resumo: O objetivo do presente trabalho é analisar o funcionamento dos evidenciais e modalizadores no discurso da autoajuda, comparando o uso dessas categorias em dois tipos temáticos desse discurso. O primeiro tipo, o qual denominamos autoajuda genérica, refere a obras em que não há uma especificação dos tipos de objetivos que se pretende alcançar com a aplicação dos métodos propostos pela autoajuda. O segundo tipo, denominado autoajuda da saúde, se refere a obras em que o objetivo é a cura e prevenção de doenças. A hipótese de que partimos é a de que a escolha temática irá influenciar na manifestação da modalidade e da evidencialidade, uma vez que essa escolha implica em relações interdiscursivas específicas. Para a análise dessas categorias, utilizamos a abordagem da Gramática Discursivo-Funcional (HENGEVELD; MACKENZIE, 2008), por se tratar de uma abordagem estratificada do enunciado, possibilitando, dessa forma, melhor compreensão dos diversos efeitos de sentido gerados por cada tipo de modalizador e evidencial. Como resultado de nossa análise, vimos que a relação interdiscursiva da autoajuda da saúde com o discurso médico influenciou a escolha dos modalizadores epistêmicos, com a preferência do enunciador da autoajuda da saúde por modalizadores objetivos, manifestando baixo comprometimento com relação à avaliação realizada. A relação com o discurso médico, influenciou também a escolha dos evidenciais, havendo a preferência do enunciador da autoajuda da saúde por evidenciais reportativos, buscando, assim, aparentar maior cientificidade do que o enunciador da autoajuda genérica. Outra diferença no comportamento dos modalizadores se deu nos domínios deôntico e dinâmico, para os quais constatamos uma maior imposição por parte do enunciador da autoajuda genérica / Abstract: The objective of the present work is to analyze the functioning of evidentials and modalizers in the discourse of Self-help, comparing how these categories are used in two different theme-specified types of the afore mentioned discourse. The first type, denominated Generic Self-help, refers to books in which the type of goals to be attained through self-help is not specified, ranging from financial success to happiness, love, or any other type of goal. The second type, denominated Health Self-help, refers to books in which the sole objective is to cure and prevent diseases. The working hypothesis is that by choosing a certain theme, the interdiscoursive relationships will also be different, resulting in different choices in the use of evidentials and modalizers. In order to analyze these categories, we have adopted the approach of Discoursive Funcional Grammar (HENGEVELD; MACKENZIE, 2008), for its stratified view of the utterance allows to capture effectively the various effect senses produced by the different types of modalizers and evidentials. As a result of the analysis, we observed that the relationship with the medical discourse in the Health Self-Help discourse influenced in the use of epistemic modality, with the preference for objective modalizers. Moreover, the medical discourse influenced in the use of evidentials, noticed by the preference in the Health Self-help discourse for reportative evidentials. Also it was noticed the difference in the use of deontic and dynamic modalities, with the preference for more imposing forms in the Generic Self-help. Since the two theme-specified types are from the same discourse, we found also similarities in the use of evidentials and modalizers, the most important one being the compromise with certainty evaluations in opposition to the lack of commitment to uncertainty evaluations / Mestre

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T18:22:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Nanci de Souza Vallezi.pdf: 820933 bytes, checksum: 6e7398cf7831b92bb493a653143cb846 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-01-20 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / The objective of this research is to evaluate the language of threat in the O Ateneu, by Raul Pompéia , from the standpoint of the Systemic Functional Grammar and its ramifications, covering Linguistics Criticism and Appraisal . The title focuses on the power relationship of Aristarco, representing the school, concerning the new student Sérgio. As I started studying some theoretical-methodology proposals of Systemic Functional Grammar, arose the curiosity to examine in the title which I already had examined from the literature point of view in my Coursework lexico-grammatical choices made by the author to emphasize the threat that involves the environment of the O Ateneu. The threat, socially defined as having strong ideological links with assessments of violence and control by the threatening, have, until recently, received little attention in academic circles. The theory states that, while there are violent ways of command linked to high levels of threat, mitigation and implicit forms are disguised or masked completely, creating an incomplete understanding of the genre. The critical analysis, relies on Systemic Functional Grammar, focusing on the system of Transitivity and Appraisal. The research aims to answer the questions: (a) which lexical- grammatical choices are made at the O Ateneu, to express a threat? (b) How can the Transitivity contribute to this expression? (c) How can the Appraisal contribute to this expression? The results show that the threat in O Ateneu, in general, happens implicitly, it means by attitude tokens, and they are perceptible to the reader due to its fit, which gives coherence to the text, and by performing the prosody throughout the narrative. In this process, Pompéia resorts to irony, that, according to critical discourse analysis, encourages readers to become aware and evaluate what would otherwise be accepted without question / O objetivo desta pesquisa é examinar a linguagem da ameaça, na obra O Ateneu, de Raul Pompéia, sob o enfoque da Gramática Sistêmico-Funcional e suas ramificações, que abrangem a Linguística Crítica e a Avaliatividade. A obra enfoca a relação de poder de Aristarco, representando a escola, em relação ao aluno novato, Sérgio. Ao entrar em contato com algumas propostas teórico-metodológicas da Gramática Sistêmico-Funcional, surgiu-me a curiosidade de examinar na obra - que já analisara do ponto de vista da literatura no meu trabalho de Conclusão de Curso - as escolhas léxico-gramaticais feitas pelo autor para imprimir o cunho da ameaça que envolve o ambiente de O Ateneu. A ameaça, sociamente definida como tendo fortes elos ideológicos com avaliações de violência e controle por parte do ameaçador, têm, até recentemente, recebido pouca atenção nos meios acadêmicos. A teoria afirma que, enquanto se têm ligado formas violentas de comando a altos níveis de ameaça, as formas mitigadoras e implícitas são disfarçadas ou completamente mascaradas, criando uma compreensão incompleta do gênero. A análise de cunho crítico, apoia-se na Gramática Sistêmico-Funcional, enfocando o sistema da Transitividade e da Avaliatividade. A pesquisa visa a responder às perguntas: (a) Que escolhas léxico-gramaticais são feitas em O Ateneu, para expressar uma ameaça? (b) De que modo pode a Transitividade contribuir nessa expressão? (c) De que modo pode a Avaliatividade contribuir nessa expressão? Os resultados mostram que a ameaça em O Ateneu acontece, em geral, de maneira implícita, ou seja, por tokens de Atitude, e são perceptíveis ao leitor devido ao seu enquadre, que atribui coerência ao texto, e por meio da realização prosódica construída ao longo da narrativa. Nesse processo, Pompéia recorre à ironia, que, segundo a análise do discurso crítica, encoraja os leitores a se conscientizarem e avaliarem o que seria, de outro modo, aceito sem questionamento

This study brings together two approaches to linguistic variation, Hallidayan systemic-functional grammar and Labovian variation theory, and in doing so brings together a functional interpretation of language and its empirical investigation in its social context. The study reports on an empirical investigation of the concept of text. The investigation proceeds on the basis of a corpus of texts gathered in sociolinguistic interviews with fifty adult speakers of Australian English in Sydney. The total corpus accounted for in terms of text type or genre numbers 420 texts of varying length, 125 of which, produced in response to four narrative questions, are investigated in greater detail in respect both of the types of text they constitute as well as of some of their linguistic realisations. These largely narrative-type texts, which represent between two and three hours of spoken English and total approximately 53000 words, are presented in a second volume analysed in terms of their textual or generic structure as well as their realisation at the level of the clause complex. The study explores in some detail models of register and genre developed within systemic-functional linguistics, adopting a genre model developed by J.R. Martin and others working within his model which foregrounds the notion that all aspects of the system(s) involved are related to one another probabilistically. In order to investigate the concept of text in actual discourse under conditions which permit us to become sufficiently confident of our understanding of it to proceed to generalisations about text and its contextual conditioning in spoken discourse, we turn to Labovian methods of sociolinguistic inquiry, i.e. to quantitative methods or methods of quantifying linguistic choice. The study takes the sociolinguistic interview as pioneered by Labov in his study of phonological variation in New York City and develops it for the purpose of investigating textual variation. The question of methodology constitutes a substantial part of the study, contributing in the process to a much greater understanding of the very phenomenon of text in discourse, for example by addressing itself to the question of the feasibility of operationalising a concept of text in the context of spoken discourse. The narrative-type texts investigated in further detail were found to range on a continuum from most experientially-oriented texts such as procedure and recount at one end to the classic narrative of personal experience and anecdote to the increasingly interpersonally-oriented exemplum and observation, both of which become interpretative of the real world in contrast to the straightforwardly representational slant taken on the same experience by the more experientially-oriented texts. The explanation for the generic variation along this continuum must be sought in a system of generic choice which is essentially cultural. A quantitative analysis of clausal theme and clause complex-type relations was carried out, the latter by means of log-linear analysis, in order to investigate their correlation with generic structure. While it was possible to relate the choice of theme to the particular stages of generic structures, clause complex-type relations are chosen too infrequently to be related to stages and were thus related to genres as a whole. We find that while by and large the choice of theme correlates well with different generic stages, it only discriminates between different genres, i.e. generic structures in toto, for those genres which are maximally different. Similarly, investigating the two choices in the principal systems involved in the organisation of the clause complex, i.e. the choice of taxis (parataxis vs. hypotaxis) and the (grammatically independent) choice of logico-semantic relations (expansion vs. projection), we find that both those choices discriminate better between types more distant on a narrative continuum. The log-linear analysis of clause complex-type relations also permitted the investigation of the social characteristics of speakers. We found that the choice of logico-semantic relations correlates with genre and question, while the choice of taxis correlates with a speaker's sex and his membership of some social group (in addition to genre). Parataxis is favoured by men and by members of the group lowest in the social hierarchy. Age on the other hand is not significant in the choice of taxis at all. In other words, since social factors are clearly shown to be significant in the making of abstract grammatical choices where they cannot be explained in terms of the functional organisation of text, we conclude that social factors must be made part of a model of text in order to fully account for its contextual conditioning. The study demonstrates that an understanding of the linguistic properties of discourse requires empirical study and, conversely, that it is possible to study discourse empirically without relaxing the standards of scientific inquiry.

<p>Den teoretiska utgångspunkten i denna studie är den skolnära forskning som bedrivs inom grammatikämnet. Denna har mening först när den tillämpas och syftet med denna kvalitativa studie är att undersöka om och i så fall hur svensklärare i grundskolans senare år tar del av forskning som rör grammatikundervisning samt om och i så fall hur forskningen påverkar deras undervisning. Fem svensklärare i grundskolans senare år har intervjuats och resultatet visar att lärarna främst utgår från kursplan, kollegial tradition och läromedel. De söker inte aktivt forskning om grammatikundervisning och denna påverkar inte deras undervisning på något märkbart sätt. Det framkommer också att lärarna inte fått någon grammatikdidaktik i sin lärarutbildning. Dessutom visar undersökningen att den nya funktionella grammatik som sätter undervisningen i meningsfulla sammanhang inte slagit igenom i svensk grammatikundervisning.</p> / <p>The aim of this study is to examine if and how teachers in Swedish secondary school acquaint themselves with research on grammar education and if this research affect their grammar lessons. Five in-depth interviews with teachers have produced information that show that the teachers base their grammar lessons on the curricula, textbooks and collegial tradition. The interviews show that because of insufficient grammar didactics in their teacher education the teachers support their education with this material. The teachers do not actively look for research on grammar and it does not affect their grammar lessons in any obvious way. The new functional grammar which promotes grammar education in a meaningful context has not yet become generally accepted.</p>

Αντικείμενο της παρούσας διπλωματικής εργασίας αποτελεί ο σχεδιασμός του γλωσσικού μαθήματος στο Δημοτικό Σχολείο και ειδικότερα, ο τρόπος διδασκαλίας της γραμματικής της ελληνικής γλώσσας στους μαθητές. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, διερευνάται ο ορισμός της έννοιας γραμματική και δίνεται ιδιαίτερη έμφαση στον τρόπο διδασκαλίας της λειτουργικής γραμματικής και φυσικά η αποτελεσματικότητα της στην επίδοση των μαθητών. Επιπλέον, η διδασκαλία της λειτουργικής γραμματικής συνδέεται με την ανάπτυξη διδακτικών σεναρίων αναφορικά με το γλωσσικό μάθημα. Επιχειρείται, λοιπόν, ο σχεδιασμός κάποιων ενδεικτικών διδακτικών σεναρίων για το γλωσσικό μάθημα για τη Γ΄, Δ΄, Ε΄ και ΣΤ΄ Τάξη του Δημοτικού Σχολείου με εστίαση στη διδασκαλία της λειτουργικής γραμματικής. / The purpose of this thesis is the teaching of the language in Primary School and in particular, the instruction method of the Greek language’s grammar. More specifically, the objective is to develop the concept of grammar and to put special emphasis on the teaching of functional grammar and subsequently on its effectiveness on students’ progress. In addition, the instruction of the functional grammar is associated with the development of instructional scenarios in regard to the linguistic subject. It is therefore attempted the design of some prime examples of instructional scenarios for the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Class of Primary School with a focus on the instruction of functional grammar.

This study brings together two approaches to linguistic variation, Hallidayan systemic-functional grammar and Labovian variation theory, and in doing so brings together a functional interpretation of language and its empirical investigation in its social context. The study reports on an empirical investigation of the concept of text. The investigation proceeds on the basis of a corpus of texts gathered in sociolinguistic interviews with fifty adult speakers of Australian English in Sydney. The total corpus accounted for in terms of text type or genre numbers 420 texts of varying length, 125 of which, produced in response to four narrative questions, are investigated in greater detail in respect both of the types of text they constitute as well as of some of their linguistic realisations. These largely narrative-type texts, which represent between two and three hours of spoken English and total approximately 53000 words, are presented in a second volume analysed in terms of their textual or generic structure as well as their realisation at the level of the clause complex. The study explores in some detail models of register and genre developed within systemic-functional linguistics, adopting a genre model developed by J.R. Martin and others working within his model which foregrounds the notion that all aspects of the system(s) involved are related to one another probabilistically. In order to investigate the concept of text in actual discourse under conditions which permit us to become sufficiently confident of our understanding of it to proceed to generalisations about text and its contextual conditioning in spoken discourse, we turn to Labovian methods of sociolinguistic inquiry, i.e. to quantitative methods or methods of quantifying linguistic choice. The study takes the sociolinguistic interview as pioneered by Labov in his study of phonological variation in New York City and develops it for the purpose of investigating textual variation. The question of methodology constitutes a substantial part of the study, contributing in the process to a much greater understanding of the very phenomenon of text in discourse, for example by addressing itself to the question of the feasibility of operationalising a concept of text in the context of spoken discourse. The narrative-type texts investigated in further detail were found to range on a continuum from most experientially-oriented texts such as procedure and recount at one end to the classic narrative of personal experience and anecdote to the increasingly interpersonally-oriented exemplum and observation, both of which become interpretative of the real world in contrast to the straightforwardly representational slant taken on the same experience by the more experientially-oriented texts. The explanation for the generic variation along this continuum must be sought in a system of generic choice which is essentially cultural. A quantitative analysis of clausal theme and clause complex-type relations was carried out, the latter by means of log-linear analysis, in order to investigate their correlation with generic structure. While it was possible to relate the choice of theme to the particular stages of generic structures, clause complex-type relations are chosen too infrequently to be related to stages and were thus related to genres as a whole. We find that while by and large the choice of theme correlates well with different generic stages, it only discriminates between different genres, i.e. generic structures in toto, for those genres which are maximally different. Similarly, investigating the two choices in the principal systems involved in the organisation of the clause complex, i.e. the choice of taxis (parataxis vs. hypotaxis) and the (grammatically independent) choice of logico-semantic relations (expansion vs. projection), we find that both those choices discriminate better between types more distant on a narrative continuum. The log-linear analysis of clause complex-type relations also permitted the investigation of the social characteristics of speakers. We found that the choice of logico-semantic relations correlates with genre and question, while the choice of taxis correlates with a speaker's sex and his membership of some social group (in addition to genre). Parataxis is favoured by men and by members of the group lowest in the social hierarchy. Age on the other hand is not significant in the choice of taxis at all. In other words, since social factors are clearly shown to be significant in the making of abstract grammatical choices where they cannot be explained in terms of the functional organisation of text, we conclude that social factors must be made part of a model of text in order to fully account for its contextual conditioning. The study demonstrates that an understanding of the linguistic properties of discourse requires empirical study and, conversely, that it is possible to study discourse empirically without relaxing the standards of scientific inquiry.

Cirkelmodellen, en del av genrepedagogiken, är en fasindelad undervisningsmodell där systemiskfunktionell lingvistik och ett sociokulturellt perspektiv på lärande tillämpas i ämnesundervisning för att göra elever uppmärksamma på hur språkliga resurser uttrycker mening i olika typer av texter i skolans olika ämnen. Cirkelmodellens inledande fas behandlar ämneskunskapen och de följande uppmärksammar genrens syfte och språkliga resurser. I litteratur om genrepedagogik uttrycks ofta att denna undervisningsmodell utvecklar både språk- och ämneskunskaper hos flerspråkiga elever. Samtidigt skiljer sig litteraturen åt beträffande principer för urval av ämnesinnehåll. Då innehållsurvalsprinciper är en bärande del av ämnesdidaktiken, vars syfte är att undersöka förutsättningar för att utveckla ämneskunnande, vill denna studie undersöka hur litteraturen framställer samhällsämnesdidaktiska principer i förhållande till genrepedagogisk undervisning. Studien har avgränsats till nio metodinriktade handböcker i språk- och kunskapsutvecklande arbetssätt och genrepedagogik, avsedda för lärare. En kvalitativ jämförande textanalys har gjorts med hjälp av en för undersökningen konstruerad analysmodell som kombinerar ämnesdidaktiskt inriktade teorier med genrepedagogikens teoretiska underbyggnad och visar på skillnader mellan olika undersökta framställningar. I undersökningens avslutande del diskuteras vilka pedagogiska konsekvenser dessa skillnader kan tänkas få för språk- och kunskapsutvecklande undervisning.

Orientador: Marize Mattos Dall'Aglio-Hattnher / Banca: Flávia Bezerra de Menezes Hirata Vale / Banca: Sebastião Carlos Leite Gonçalves / Resumo: Neste trabalho, sustenta-se a hipótese de que, em relações assimétricas entre falante e ouvinte, a posição hierárquica superior ocupada pelo falante favorece a interpretação de uma expressão volitiva como uma manifestação deôntica. Com base em uma abordagem funcional da modalidade, foram analisados verbos volitivos e verbos deônticos nos discursos proferidos pelo presidente Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (2003 a 2006) a interlocutores com os quais mantém diferentes relações hierárquicas. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram: (i) descrever a manifestação da volição, buscando sua caracterização como um subtipo deôntico ou como um tipo de modalidade; (ii) analisar a relação entre volição e ordem e descrever os efeitos de sentido decorrentes de seu emprego nesse tipo específico de interação e (iii) analisar a relação entre a ordem hierárquica dos interlocutores, a expressão e a interpretação da modalidade. Observou-se que verbos volitivos podem apresentar dois valores semânticos, correspondendo a uma interpretação prototipicamente volitiva e uma interpretação deôntica, quando um determinado conjunto de fatores sintáticos, semânticos e pragmáticos é preenchido. Pôde-se constatar também que volição constitui, de fato, um tipo de modalidade diferente da Modalidade deôntica. / Abstract: This work is based on the hypothesis that, in asymmetrical relationships between the speaker and the hearer, the upper hierarchical position occupied by the speaker favors the interpretation of a volitive expression as a deontic manifestation. Based on the functionalist approach of modality, the present thesis analyzes volitive verbs and deontic verbs in the speeches of Brazilian President Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2006), in situations in which hearers corresponded to different hierarchical degrees in relation to the speaker. Thus, the objectives of the present work are (i) to describe the manifestation of volition in an attempt to characterize it as a deontic subtype or as a type of modality; (ii) to analyze the relationship between volition and order and to describe the effects of meaning resulting from the use of these modal qualifications in this specific type of interaction and (iii) to analyze the relationship between the hierarchical order of the speakers, the expression and the interpretation of the modality. It is possible to observe that the volitive verbs can present two semantic values: a prototypically volitive interpretation and a deontic interpretation when a given set of syntactical, semantic and pragmatic aspects is reached. It is also possible to verify that the volition actually constitutes a type of modality which is different from the deontic modality. / Mestre

Inom svenska som gymnasialt ämne är det vanligt förekommande att elever inte upplever grammatikundervisningen som motiverande. Vanligtvis beror bristen av motivation på att elever misslyckas med att se ett nyttoperspektiv med att lära sig grammatiken bakom sitt modersmål. Detta stärks av att grammatik ofta upplevs som ett isolerat moment inom svenskundervisningen. På grund av denna negativa inställning som elever ofta har mot just grammatikundervisningen finns därför ett växande behov av att strukturera om undervisningen. Då funktionell och deskriptiv grammatik ofta har förklarats som ett tillvägagångssätt som ska leda till en mer motiverande undervisning har detta studerats genom en didaktisk design av en formell lärsekvens. Syftet av studien var därför att skapa och utpröva en didaktisk design som utgår från en funktionell grammatik, för att undersöka huruvida elever upplever detta som motiverande eller inte. För att undersöka huruvida elever upplever funktionell grammatik inom ramarna för en didaktisk design som motiverande, har denna design blivit utförd i en klass bestående av 20 gymnasieelever som läser kursen Svenska 2. För att utvärdera resultaten har enkätundersökningar, observationer, en fokusgruppsintervju samt för- och eftertest legat grund för resultatet. Resultaten av föreliggande studie påvisar att elever uppfattade denna lärsekvens som lärorik, och mer motiverande än en traditionellt präglad grammatikundervisning. Denna studie indikerar följaktligen att en funktionell grammatik inom en formellt inramad lärsekvens möjligtvis kan bidra till en starkare motivation hos gymnasieelever. / Within Swedish education in upper secondary school, it is common that students do not perceive grammar education as motivating. Usually, the lack of motivation stems from the fact that students fail to see a practical use with the acquisition of grammar within their native language, which is strengthened by the fact that grammar is often perceived as an isolated part of the Swedish education. Because of this negative attitude that students often have towards grammar education, there is therefore an ever-increasing demand to re-structure the education. Since functional, and thus descriptive, grammar have often been declared as a way to make grammar education perceived as more motivating, this has been tested in practice through a didactic design of a formal teaching sequence. The purpose of this study was therefore to construct and test a didactic design within the boundaries of a traditional grammar, and investigate whether students perceived this as motivating. In order to investigate whether students perceive that functional grammar within the boundaries of a didactic design as motivating or not, the design has been carried out in a class consisting of 20 upper secondary school students that are studying the course Swedish 2. In order to evaluate the results, questionnaires, observations, a focus group interview and pre- and post tests have been the basis to generate the results of the preceding study. The results of the study show that students regarded this teaching sequence as informative, and more motivating than a grammar education characterized by a traditional grammar. Therefore, this study indicates that a functional grammar within a formally framed teaching sequence can possibly contribute to a stronger motivation among students of upper secondary school.

Orientador: Roberto Gomes Camacho / Banca: Cláudia Nívea Roncarati de Souza / Banca: Sanderléia Roberta Longhin-Thomazi / Resumo: O trabalho objetiva investigar e descrever o caráter multifuncional da partícula já no português brasileiro falado culto, enfatizando principalmente os níveis e camadas de análise da Gramática Funcional de Dik (1989) e da recente Gramática Funcional do Discurso (HENGEVELD, 1989 e 2004; HENGEVELD & MACKENZIE, no prelo). A hipótese principal é que há vários tipos de já que são distribuídos de acordo com características sintáticas, semânticas e pragmáticas em diferentes níveis e camadas de atuação gramatical. Um desses tipos é o aspectual que dispõe de características similares ao uso de already em inglês e que é analisado como marcador de aspecto inceptivo com diferentes funções semânticas no discurso de acordo com a proposta de Michaelis (1996) para a língua inglesa. A multifuncionalidade de já permite a investigação do item como possuindo características mais ou menos concretas, o que sugere estar envolvido um processo de gramaticalização. Nessa direção, faz-se necessária a aplicação (i) dos princípios gerais de Hopper (1991) e (ii) dos domínios cognitivos de Sweetser (1991), entre outros. Além disso, nossa definição de gramaticalização vai além da tradicional, segundo a qual a gramaticalização é um processo em que um item lexical assume características mais gramaticais, ou um item gramatical se torna ainda mais gramatical. Acrescenta-se aqui, de acordo com Traugott (1995), que, nesse processo, o item pode sofrer um acréscimo de características discursivas, o que leva a entender o Discurso como fazendo parte da gramática da língua. Essa opção teórica coincide com a proposta multifuncional adotada, uma vez que, na GFD, o Discurso constitui um dos níveis de análise dentro da gramática. A amostra lingüística de já foi extraída do córpus mínimo do Projeto Gramática do Português Falado, que advém de dados do Projeto NURC. / Abstract: This study aims at investigating and describing the multifunctional character of the particle já in Standard Spoken Brazilian Portuguese. It mainly emphasizes the levels and layers of analysis from Dik's Functional Grammar (1989) and from the recent Functional Discourse Grammar (HENGEVELD, 1989 and 2004; HENGEVELD & MACKENZIE, forthc., in prep.). The main hypothesis is that there are several types of já which are distributed according to syntatic, semantic and pragmatic characteristics in different levels and layers of grammar. Among these types, there is the aspectual, which has characteristics similar to those of the use of already in English and which is analyzed as an inceptive aspect marker with different semantic functions in discourse according to Michaelis' proposal (1996) for the English language. The multifunctionality of já allows us to investigate this item as having more or less concrete characteristics, which suggests the involvement of a grammaticalization process. In this sense, it is necessary to apply: (i) the general principles (HOPPER, 1991) and (ii) the cognitive domains (SWEETSER, 1991), among others. Besides this, our definition of grammaticalization goes beyond the traditional definition, according to it, the grammaticalization is a process in which the lexical item assumes more grammatical characteristics, or a grammatical item becomes even more grammatical. In addition, according to Traugott (1995), the item in this process may show an increase of discursive characteristics, leading to an understanding of Discourse as part of the grammar of the language. This theoretical option is coherent with the multifunctional proposal addopted, since in FDG the Discourse is one of the levels of analysis in the grammar. The linguistic samples of já were taken from the minimum corpus of the Spoken Portuguese Grammar Project, which is built with data of the NURC Project. / Mestre