Doctor of Philosophy / This thesis is concerned with the realm of the interpersonal: broadly, those linguistic phenomena involved in the negotiation of social relations and the expression of personal attitudes and feelings. The initial contention is that this realm has been consistently marginalised not only within linguistic theory, but more broadly within western culture, for cultural and ideological reasons whose implications extend into the bases of classical linguistic theory. Chapter 1 spells out the grounds for this contention and is followed by two further chapters, constituting Part I: Language and Social Relations. Chapter 2 identifies and critiques the range of ways in which the interpersonal has been conventionally interpreted: as style, as formality, as politeness, as power and solidarity, as the expressive, etc. This chapter concludes with an argument for the need for a stratified model of language in order to deal adequately with these phenomena. Chapter 3 proposes such a model, based on the systemic-functional approach to language as social semiotic. The register category tenor within this model is extended to provide a model of social relations as a semiotic system. The basis for the identification of the three tenor dimensions, power, distance and affect, is the identification of three modes of deployment or realisation of the interpersonal resources of English in everyday discourse: reciprocity, proliferation and amplification. Parts II and III turn their attention to one significant issue in the negotiation of social relations: address. The focus is explicitly on Australian English, but there is considerable evidence that most if not all of the forms discussed in Part II occur in other varieties of English, especially British and American, and that some at least of the practices discussed in Part III involve the same patterns of social relations with respect to the tenor dimensions of power, distance and affect. Because most varieties of contemporary English do not have a set of options for second-person pronominal address, as is the case in many of the world's languages, English speakers use names and other nominal forms which need to be described. Part II is descriptive in orientation, providing an account of the grammar of VOCATION in English, including a detailed description of the nominal forms used. Chapter 4 investigates the identification and functions of vocatives, and includes empirical investigations of vocative position in clauses and vocative incidence in relation to speech function or speech act choices. Chapter 5 presents an account of the grammar of English name forms, organised as a paradigmatic system. This chapter incorporates an account of the processes used to produce the various name-forms used in address, including truncation, reduplication and suffixation. Chapter 6 consists of an account of non-name forms of address, organised in terms of the systemic-functional account of nominal group structure. This chapter deals with single-word non-name forms of address and the range of nominal group structures used particularly to communicate attitude, both positive and negative. Part III is ethnographic in orientation. It describes some aspects of the use of the forms described in Part II in contemporary address practice in Australia and interprets such practice using the model of social relations as semiotic system presented in Part I. The major focuses of attention is on address practice in relation to the negotiation of gender relations, with some comment on generational relations of adults with children, on class relations and on ethnic relations in nation with a diverse population officially committed to a policy of a multiculturalism. Part III functions simultaneously as a coda for this thesis, and a prologue for the kind of ethnographic study that the project was originally intended to be, but which could not be conducted in the absence of an adequate linguistically-based model of social relations and an adequate description of the resources available for address in English.

"November 2001". / Thesis (PhD)--Macquarie University, Division of Linguistics and Psychology, Dept. of Linguistics, 2002. / Bibliography: p. 285-291. / Introduction -- Language from a systemic functional perspective -- Social networks: a review of literature relevant to the Scotland Island study -- Methodology -- Analysing relational ties: a social network perspective -- A systemic functional approach to analysing social reality -- Discussion and conclusion. / This research is concerned with the study of language and the social order. Working within the systemic functional theory of language, and utilising the concept of a social network to model the social order, the primary aim is to put on display the relationship between the linguistic system and social order, between language and culture. Systemic functional grammar (Halliday, 1995; Halliday and Hasasn, 1985/9; Halliday and Matthiesen, 1997; Eggins and Slade 1997), with its emphasis on language as a social semiotic, is used to analyse the language used by a group of four women engaged in casual conversation in a small Australian island community. Here the analysis reveals how the women negotiate their social reality when speaking to each other. It shows how their social relations are shaped within a text (Hasan, 1996), and explores the notion that, despite the seemingly trivial, unconscious nature of casual interactions, power and solidarity are continually being negotiated by the participants (Halliday, 1994; Eggins and Slade, 1997). More specifically, this research examines the notion that through lexico-grammatical and semantic selections participants are able to negotiate dominant positions in interaction. Social Network analysis has been used to examine the relationship between the individual and the group. It offers a quantifiable analytical tool for describing the character of an individual's everyday social relationships (Milroy, 1987). A social network analysis is used in the present study to map the social relationships in the tight-knit network, or speech fellowship, of these women (creating a map of the context of situation in SFL terminology). Change in the social relationships and language choices is modeled by revisiting the participants 15 months later in a contextually similar environment and re-analysing the network and linguistic options. Systemic functional linguistics is then used to highlight the interdependency of language and social order. Through systematic accounts of language and the context in which it is embedded this reciprocal nature is displayed and language and social order can be seen, not as two distinct entities, but rather as one phenomena seen from two different perspectives (Halliday, 1978; Mathiessen, 1993). / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / v, 291 p. ill

Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) / Questions continue to be raised about the language abilities of children who have a diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Recent conceptualisations of ADHD and also of language difficulties have acknowledged that aspects of context may contribute to the manifestations of these complex conditions. In the past, investigations of the language of children who had a diagnosis of ADHD appear to have been hampered by reliance on models of language impairment that emphasised formally measured language abilities and largely disregarded the role of context. This thesis describes a study designed to test the hypothesis that important differences in language use exist between children who have a diagnosis of ADHD and their non-ADHD peers, when specific language impairment has been excluded. A second goal of the study was to investigate the impact of aspects of context, specifically text type and mode of expression, on the language use of these children. The study was community-based. Attempts were made to match the children for age (eight to twelve years), gender, level of education, and socio-economic status. Two standardised language tests were administered to each child, and only children who had achieved results within the normal range were accepted into the study. The sample group consisted of eleven children who had a previous diagnosis of ADHD, and eleven control children. Discourse analysis based on a Systemic Functional Linguistics approach was used to describe spoken and written samples from three different examples of text type that were created by each child. Comparisons were made for multiple variables, and any observed differences were examined using a combination of quantitative and descriptive techniques. The results showed differences between the groups for clause structure, thematic structure, macro textual organisation, lexico-grammar, behaviours surrounding spoken language, and conventions of written language. There were differences noted in the way the text type and the mode of expression appeared to affect the outcomes. The differences were discussed and interpreted as evidence of a greater degree of difficulty shown by the children with ADHD with regard to the organisation and complexity of their texts. Clinical implications suggest that careful linguistic analysis of spoken as well as written language of children with ADHD may be warranted even in the absence of the diagnosis of specific language impairment. Such analyses may not only identify potentially problematic areas with respect to language use within everyday contexts, but may also highlight areas where particular intervention may be beneficial.

abstract: Students may use the technical engineering terms without knowing what these words mean. This creates a language barrier in engineering that influences student learning. Previous research has been conducted to characterize the difference between colloquial and scientific language. Since this research had not yet been applied explicitly to engineering, conclusions from the area of science education were used instead. Various researchers outlined strategies for helping students acquire scientific language. However, few examined and quantified the relationship it had on student learning. A systemic functional linguistics framework was adopted for this dissertation which is a framework that has not previously been used in engineering education research. This study investigated how engineering language proficiency influenced conceptual understanding of introductory materials science and engineering concepts. To answer the research questions about engineering language proficiency, a convenience sample of forty-one undergraduate students in an introductory materials science and engineering course was used. All data collected was integrated with the course. Measures included the Materials Concept Inventory, a written engineering design task, and group observations. Both systemic functional linguistics and mental models frameworks were utilized to interpret data and guide analysis. A series of regression analyses were conducted to determine if engineering language proficiency predicts group engineering term use, if conceptual understanding predicts group engineering term use, and if conceptual understanding predicts engineering language proficiency. Engineering academic language proficiency was found to be strongly linked to conceptual understanding in the context of introductory materials engineering courses. As the semester progressed, this relationship became even stronger. The more engineering concepts students are expected to learn, the more important it is that they are proficient in engineering language. However, exposure to engineering terms did not influence engineering language proficiency. These results stress the importance of engineering language proficiency for learning, but warn that simply exposing students to engineering terms does not promote engineering language proficiency. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction 2012

LIMA, Isabel Muniz. A interação escrita professor-aluno em contexto de uso da metodologia da aprendizagem cooperativa a partir de um estudo sistêmico-funcional do gênero processamento de grupo. 2016. 221f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Linguística, Fortaleza (CE), 2016. / Submitted by Gustavo Daher (gdaherufc@hotmail.com) on 2016-09-22T16:54:21Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_imlima.pdf: 2970385 bytes, checksum: bcf0d416ac876d3c0f55778dbd64d485 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-09-22T22:54:38Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_imlima.pdf: 2970385 bytes, checksum: bcf0d416ac876d3c0f55778dbd64d485 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-22T22:54:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_imlima.pdf: 2970385 bytes, checksum: bcf0d416ac876d3c0f55778dbd64d485 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016 / This academic research analyses how the teacher-student written interaction is manifested in first grade classes of the Brazilian high school at a public institution in the state of Ceará, in a context of usage of Cooperative Learning methodology taking into account the linguistic structure and the social context of the Group Processing genre. Therefore, targeted goals are: I) identification of social attitudes of teachers and students; II) analysis of the types of roles they assume; and III) examination of how teachers and students organize the message through which they relate themselves in this context. Group Processing is about oral or written register whereby students and teachers should evaluate the work executed by the groups of students. This textual genre was analyzed as of the theoretical support of Systemic Functional Linguistics, more specifically, there have been investigated the variables of field, tenor and mode; the Processes and their participants in the System of Transitivity; the categories of Mood and Residue, in the MOOD System; the categories New/Given, in the system of Structure of Information; and the categories of Theme/Rheme, in the Structure of Theme. The Systemic Functional Analysis of the Group Processing genre has revealed that the teacher-student interaction, in this field of research, is based on a dialogic relation through which: a) students describe either positive or negative attitudes realized in their cooperative groups; and b) teachers request information and evaluate what was mentioned by students. It has been verified that the description of presented actions by the students evidences the extent of their development of the basic elements of Cooperative Learning. It is expected that this study helps school managers and teachers to rethink the usage of Group Processing in order to perfect the application methods of this textual genre as a tool for the interaction of teachers and students in a context of usage of the Cooperative Learning methodology. / Esta pesquisa analisa como se manifesta a interação escrita professor-aluno em turmas de 1º ano do ensino médio de uma escola pública do Estado do Ceará em contexto de uso da metodologia da aprendizagem cooperativa, levando em consideração a estrutura linguística e o contexto social do gênero Processamento de grupo. Para tanto, tem-se como objetivos: I) identificar as ações sociais das professoras e dos alunos; II) analisar os tipos de papéis que eles assumem; e III) examinar de que modo professoras e alunos organizam a mensagem por meio da qual se relacionam nesse contexto. O Processamento de grupo trata-se de um registro oral ou escrito através do qual alunos e professores devem avaliar o trabalho executado pelos grupos de estudantes. Esse gênero textual foi analisado a partir do suporte teórico da Linguística Sistêmico-Funcional, mais especificamente, investigaram-se as variáveis campo, relações e modo; os Processos e seus Participantes, no Sistema de Transitividade; as categorias de Modo e Resíduo, no Sistema de MODO; as categorias Dado/Novo, no sistema da Estrutura da Informação; e as categorias Tema/Rema, além dos tipos de Tema, no sistema da Estrutura Temática. A análise sistêmico-funcional do gênero Processamento de grupo revelou que a interação entre professoras e alunos, neste universo de pesquisa, baseia-se numa relação dialógica, por meio da qual: a) os alunos descrevem ações positivas ou negativas realizadas em seus grupos cooperativos; e b) as professoras solicitam informações e avaliam aquilo que foi mencionado pelos estudantes. Verificou-se que a descrição das ações apresentadas pelos discentes evidencia em que medida eles desenvolvem os elementos básicos da aprendizagem cooperativa. Espera-se que este estudo auxilie gestores e professores a repensarem os usos do Processamento de grupo a fim de aperfeiçoarem a forma de aplicação desse gênero textual como instrumento de interação entre professores e alunos em contexto de uso da metodologia da aprendizagem cooperativa.

Esta tese investiga, sob a perspectiva da Linguística Sistêmico-Funcional (HALLIDAY e MATTHIESSEN, 2004,2014), os processos de retextualização empregados por estudantes de inglês como língua estrangeira na produção de textos em contextos acadêmicos. O conceito retextualização (MARCUSCHI, 2001) constitui-se na produção de um novo texto a partir de um ou mais texto(s)-fonte e trata-se de prática comum em contextos acadêmicos. Tem-se como objetivo verificar as operações de retextualização relacionadas às metafunções da linguagem – ideacional, interpessoal e textual - e como essas se materializam nos respectivos sistemas léxico-gramaticais e no gênero específico no qual se enquadram. O corpus constituise de retextualizações produzidas a partir de diferentes texto(s)-fonte. Os resultados indicam que as estratégias de retextualização estão intimamente relacionadas ao conhecimento da função que etapas e fases dos gêneros desempenham na construção de significados. Procurase contribuir para as práticas de escrita em ILE em contextos acadêmicos, oferecendo uma abordagem sistêmico-funcional dos processos de retextualização envolvidos no desenvolvimento dessa habilidade. / This study investigates, under the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistics (HALLIDAY and MATTHIESSEN, 2004, 2014), the retextualization processes learners of English as a Foreign Language use when writing texts in academic contexts. Retextualization (MARCUSCHI, 2001) is understood as the production of a new text based on one or more source-texts and is a recurrent practice in academic contexts. The study investigated the processes of retextualization related to the metafunctions of language –ideational, experiential and textual- and their realization in the respective lexicogrammar structures as well as in the specific genre to which they are related. The corpus comprises retextualizations produced from different source-texts. The results indicate that the retextualization strategies are intimately connected to the knowledge of the function the stages and phases of the genres play in the construction of meaning. The purpose of the study is to contribute to writing practices of English as a Foreign Language in academic contexts, putting forward a systemic-functional approach to the retextualization processes involved in the development of writing skills.

Esta dissertação tem como objetivo apresentar a implementação de uma proposta de ensino de leitura e de escrita, a partir dos pressupostos da Linguística Sistêmico-funcional de Halliday (HALLIDAY, 2014, 2008, 1978) e da Teoria de Gêneros, proposta pela Escola de Sidney (MARTIN; ROSE, 2008, 2012). A implementação visa a investigar como a Pedagogia de Gêneros, baseada no Ciclo de Aprendizagem, pode auxiliar nos processos de letramento em sala de aula. Procura-se compreender o funcionamento do Ciclo de Aprendizagem para o desenvolvimento da leitura e da escrita de notícia jornalísticas, discutir quais dificuldades ou facilidades os sujeitos apresentaram e analisar os textos produzidos pelos aprendizes. A Usina do Texto, projeto oferecido aos alunos do sexto ano do ensino fundamental de uma escola da rede municipal de ensino de Porto Alegre, foi o ambiente no qual foi implementada a metodologia prevista no Ciclo de Aprendizagem e nos ciclos de interação. O projeto tem como base teórica os pressupostos a Pedagogia de Gêneros da Escola de Sidney e constituiu-se como o contexto da presente pesquisa. A partir de uma pesquisa qualitativa-interpretativa, procurou-se compreender o funcionamento do Ciclo de Aprendizagem no desenvolvimento da leitura e da escrita das notícias. As análises dos textos produzidos pelos alunos auxiliaram na análise proposta e é estabelecida a partir da noção do Contexto de Cultura, gênero, e do Contexto de Situação, registro. Desta forma, como resultado das observações e das análises textuais, percebe-se que os aprendizes mobilizam os recursos contextuais, semânticos e disponíveis, abordados ao longo das etapas do Ciclo de Aprendizagem. Acredita-se que esta pesquisa possa contribuir nas discussões teóricas sobre gênero sob o viés da Escola de Sidney. / This dissertation aims to present the implementation of a proposal for teaching reading and writing, based on the premises of Halliday's Systemic-functional linguistics (HALLIDAY, 2014, 2008, 1978) and Genres Theory proposed by the Sydney School (MARTIN; ROSE, 2008, 2012). The implementation aims to investigate how the Genres Pedagogy, based on the Learning and Teaching Cycle, can support in the processes of literacy in the classroom. The search is to understand the Learning and Teaching Cycle functioning for the reading and writing of journalistic news development, to discuss what difficulties or facilities the subjects presented and to analyze the texts produced by the learners. The Usina do Texto, a project offered to the students of the sixth year of elementary school in Porto Alegre municipal school system, was the environment in which the methodology precribed in the Learning and Teaching Cycle and in the interaction cycles was implemented. The project is based on the presuppositions of Genres Pedagogy of Sydney School and was constituted as the context of the present research. Based on a qualitative-interpretive research, the aim was to understand the functioning of the Learning and Teaching Cycle in the development of reading and writing of news. The analyzes of the texts produced by the students assisted in the proposed analysis and is established from the notion of the Context of Culture, genre, and the Context of Situation, register. Thus, as a result of the observations and of the textual analyzes, it is perceived that the learners mobilize the contextual and semantic available resources, addressed throughout the sta0ges of the Learning and Teaching Cycle. It is believed that this research can contribute to the theoretical discussions about genre under the bias of Sydney School.

Este trabalho tem por objeto as estruturas gramaticais portuguesas tradicionalmente denominadas orações principais. Considerando seu uso em textos, essa estrutura é analisada sob a perspectiva sistêmico-funcional com base na hipótese de que essas construções, quando ligadas a orações subordinadas substantivas, veiculam significados interpessoais. O estudo dessas orações baseou-se em um corpus formado por editoriais de jornal. O levantamento e a análise das ocorrências revelaram a contribuição dessas estruturas para a indicação da modalidade. A partir da revisão crítica dos conceitos de oração principal em gramáticas de diferentes orientações teóricas, passou-se a analisar o significado das estruturas na metafunção interpessoal. Desse modo, comprovou-se a importância dessas estruturas em textos de orientação argumentativa. A análise do significado interpessoal dessas construções torna possível, pois, uma melhor compreensão do seu potencial semântico e de sua funcionalidade no discurso. / The object of this work are the Portuguese grammatical structures tradicionally known as main clauses. Considering their use in texts, the main clauses are analyzed from a systemicfunctional perspective based on the hypothesis that these constructions, when connected with certain kinds oh subordinate clauses, carry in themselves interpersonal meanings. The study of these clauses in newspaper editorials has revealed their contribution to the indication of modality. After a critical revision of the concepts of main clauses in grammars of different theoretical orientation, these structures were analyzed in the interpersonal metafunction. The analysis of the interpersonal meaning of these constructions allows a better understanding of their semantic potential as well as their discourse functionality.

Esta dissertação tem como objetivo revelar o potencial de avaliação subjetiva, explícita ou implícita, dos predicativos de um importante gênero argumentativo na sociedade: a sentença judicial. Para isso, busca analisar esse gênero sob a perspectiva da Linguística Sistêmico-Funcional, teoria introduzida pelo linguista inglês Michael Halliday, que cuida da linguagem como um sistema de estratos gramaticais e extralinguísticos, nos quais se desenvolvem os conceitos de contexto de situação (registro) e de cultura (gênero). A respeito dos aspectos linguísticos, a análise da oração sob o ponto de vista de uma das metafunções inerentes à linguagem, a interpessoal, revela as interações desenvolvidas na materialização de um texto. Após a apresentação dessa teoria linguística e do enquadramento do gênero sentença judicial nessa abordagem, com a desmistificação da neutralidade de seu emissor, o juiz, passou-se a descrever como o magistrado estrutura a sua fundamentação nas sentenças que tem de prolatar mediante o uso de recursos argumentativos. Em seguida, na pesquisa do corpus selecionado, sentenças judiciais da Justiça Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro proferidas no ano de 2011, foram analisadas as ocorrências da estrutura predicativa como estratégia argumentativa de convencimento, às partes e à sociedade, de que a decisão tomada para resolver o conflito judicial foi a mais ponderada e condizente com a verossimilhança dos fatos apresentados no decorrer do processo judicial / This master degree dissertation aims to reveal the subjective evaluation potential, explicit or implicit, of the predicatives on a important argumentative genre: the judicial sentence. For that purposes, it analyzes this genre through Systemic Functional Linguistics, theory brought by linguist Michael Halliday that treats language as a grammatical and extralinguistic strata system, in which evolve the concepts of context of situation (register) and of culture (genre). Regarding the linguistic aspects, the clause analysis under the view of the language metafunctions, the interpersonal one, shows the interaction within the instantiation of any text. After presenting this linguistic theory and framing judicial sentence into this approach, with the demystification of neutrality of its speaker, the judge, it explains how the magistrate structures, in the sentence he has to present, the reasonable basis by the use of argumentative resources. At last, in the select corpus research, judicial sentences of Federal Justice in Rio de Janeiro, given in 2011, were analyzed the occurrences of predicatives structures as a argumentative strategy of conviction, to the parts and the society, that the decision made to solve the judicial conflict was the most balanced and truthful to the likelihood of the facts shown during the litigious judicial process

A presente pesquisa tem por objetivo a análise dos adjetivos em funcionamento no gênero crítica de cinema. Por meio dos pressupostos teóricos da Linguística Sistêmico-Funcional, argumentamos que a gramática deve ser estudada em conjunto com textos. Argumentamos ainda que os adjetivos têm importante papel na expressão de significados interpessoais, especialmente na expressão de avaliações, dados os contextos de situação em que estão inseridas as críticas de cinema. A partir de uma revisão crítica do conceito de adjetivo presente nas gramáticas tradicionais e nos trabalhos de orientação semântico-discursiva, e apoiando-nos em classificação de Moura Neves (2011), identificamos uma ocorrência diferenciada de tipos de adjetivos (qualificadores e classificadores) em movimentos retóricos distintos da crítica de cinema e argumentamos pelo seu papel na construção de posicionamentos em interações comunicativas. Nosso corpus é composto por críticas de cinema publicadas em dois veículos distintos - jornal de grande circulação e revista eletrônica especializada. Sendo assim, além de um estudo dos adjetivos no discurso, elaboramos um material de referência do gênero crítica de cinema a partir das noções de a) variáveis do contexto de situação (campo, relações e modo); b) estrutura potencial de gênero (Hasan, 1989), relevantes para a linha teórica que escolhemos / This research aims at analysing the use of adjectives in film reviews. Drawing on the principles of hallidayan Systemic Functional Linguistics, we argue that grammar should be studied together with texts. We also argue that adjectives have an important role to play in the expression of interpersonal meanings, particularly in the expression of evaluation, given the context of situation of the film reviews. Taking as a point of departure a critical review of the concept of adjectives in traditional grammars, we review their treatment in semantic-discursive approaches, and adopt Moura Nevess classification of adjectives into types (2011). This enabled us to identify correlations between adjective types and distinct rhetorical movements in film reviews. We have also dealt with the role of adjectives in the construction of positioning in text. Our corpus is made of film reviews published in two different media - major newspapers and specialized electronic magazines. Thus, besides a study of adjectives in use, our research can also be seen as reference material for the study of film reviews, drawing on the notions of context of situation (field, tenor and mode), and of Generic Structure Potential (Hasan, 1989)