Thesis (DLitt (Ancient Studies. Biblical Languages))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / Each language has some means or system of referring to participants. This system of reference includes a participant’s initial introduction, continuing reference to the participant, as well as reintroduction after some period of absence. A number of morphological, syntactic and pragmatic issues impinge upon the kinds of encoding used to refer to participants in various contexts. The primary concern of this study is to provide a cross-linguistic, discourse-functional description of the encoding of participants in Biblical Hebrew narrative. Our description is based on the analysis of a preliminary test corpus of Exod 1-12, which is then applied to our dissertation corpus of Gen 12-25. In order to narrow the scope of the project, the data considered in this dissertation will be limited to the corpora of Exod 1-12 and Gen 12-25. It will not consider embedded reported speeches, but instead focuses exclusively and exhaustively on the narrative proper of these two corpora. Dooley and Levinsohn (2001:112) have identified three basic linguistic functions a participant reference system must be capable of accomplishing: • Semantic: “identify the referents unambiguously, distinguishing them from other possible ones”. In other words, the reader must be able to track ‘who did what to whom’, • Processing: “overcome disruptions in the flow of information”, • Discourse-pragmatic: “signal the activation status and prominence of the referents or the actions they perform”. We propose that these three functions are not discrete categories, but represent a hierarchical entailment scheme. In other words, overencoding a participant to accomplish the processing function at the same time accomplishes a semantic function of identifying the participant. The study begins by providing a description of the default encoding based on the semantic and cognitive constraints present in various discourse contexts. Our methodology is to develop a set of default encoding principles based on the semantic function of participant reference which can account for as much of the attested data as possible. These default principles are also used to identify pragmatically-motivated departures from the default norms. The non-default encoding is construed as explicitly marking the presence of some linguistic feature. The non-default encoding data are then grouped based on the pragmatic effects they achieve, and are described in light of attested cross-linguistic principles. We claim that the processing function of participant reference is accomplished in Biblical Hebrew through the redundant relexicalization of agents. These redundant NPs have the pragmatic effect of segmenting the discourse into distinct developments. Next we describe the pragmatic use of referring expressions as accomplishing the discourse-pragmatic function of thematic highlighting. Finally, we describe participant encoding which exceeds that necessary for the processing function as accomplishing a second discourse-pragmatic function of cataphorically highlighting a following speech or event. The above-mentioned model is ultimately applied to Gen 27 to demonstrate its explanatory value for exposition of Biblical Hebrew narrative.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-08-01T11:34:12Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Paulo Roberto Barbosa.pdf: 4034863 bytes, checksum: 144d52c271e54b59797af9f5e32876a3 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-01T11:34:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Paulo Roberto Barbosa.pdf: 4034863 bytes, checksum: 144d52c271e54b59797af9f5e32876a3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-06-12 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This study deals with the analysis of issues related to the teaching of the textual genres present in the 9th Elementary School year Portuguese Language Student Notebook, a handout distributed in the public teaching system in the state of São Paulo. Its analysis was motivated by its scope and consequent relevance in the educational panorama of the state, since these handouts are used by all students. The objective that guides this research is to investigate the way in which textual genres are approached in the aforementioned in the Portuguese Language Student Notebook. This general objective is associated to the following specific objectives: to carry out a survey of the textual genres present in the handbook, relating them to their respective discursive domains; identify the typologies mobilized in the textual genres; and carry out an analysis of how and to what extent the argumentative and expository typologies can be internalized by students through proposed notebook activities. The theoretical contribution that guides the research is related to Textual Linguistics postulates, especially the intertextuality, cohesion and coherence concepts presented by the studies carried out by Fávero (2014, 2009 [1991]), Fávero and Koch (2012 [1983]) and Koch (2014 [1989], 2004, in addition to Bronckart's Sociodiscursive Interactionism (2012 [1997], 2006a), with a significant influence by Vygotsky’s (1989 1984) work. The study considers teaching based on the textual genres proposed by Bakhtin (2011 [1979]) and reinterpreted by the theoretical-methodological bias carried out by Bronckart (2012 [1997]), Marcuschi (2008) and Dolz and Schneuwly (2004), according to whom language is a form of action that takes place in the socially situated and shared discourse by means of textual genres. In this context, the present study is based on the resolutions stipulated by the National Curricular Parameters (BRASIL, 1998) regarding suggestions for the teaching of the Portuguese Language, from which the Curriculum of the State of São Paulo was developed (SÃO PAULO, 2012). These documents suggest that, in the 9th elementary school year, argumentative and expository texts should be studied with greater emphasis. In addition, this study also presents the historical course of the notebook in Brazil until its current application in the São Paulo public network. As a result of the notebook analysis, a distance was observed between what is prescribed in the State of São Paulo Curriculum and the proposed student activities concerning the learning of argumentative and exposure genres, since genres that compete in narrating were mostly inserted, while argumentative and expository genres, although appearing, were underexplored. There is, therefore, the understanding that, in order to promote the formation of socially active citizens, it is necessary to emphasize the interactive study of language, which occurs, essentially, through textual genres / Este estudo trata da análise das questões referentes ao ensino dos gêneros textuais presentes no Caderno do Aluno de Língua Portuguesa do 9º ano do Ensino Fundamental, apostilado distribuído na rede pública de ensino do estado de São Paulo. Sua abrangência e consequente relevância no panorama educacional do estado motivaram nossa escolha por analisá-lo, visto que as apostilas são utilizadas por todos os alunos. O objetivo que norteia esta pesquisa é investigar a forma como os gêneros textuais são abordados no Caderno do Aluno de Língua Portuguesa. Esse objetivo geral se associa aos seguintes objetivos específicos: levantamento dos gêneros textuais presentes na apostila; relacionando-os a seus respectivos domínios discursivos; identificação das tipologias mobilizadas nos gêneros textuais; e análise de como e em que medida as tipologias argumentativas e expositivas podem ser internalizadas pelos alunos por meio das atividades propostas no apostilado. O aporte teórico que orienta a pesquisa se relaciona aos postulados da Linguística Textual, sobretudo os conceitos de intertextualidade, coesão e coerência apresentados pelos estudos de Fávero (2014, 2009 [1991]), Fávero e Koch (2012 [1983]) e Koch (2014 [1989], 2004), além do Interacionismo Sociodiscursivo de Bronckart (2012 [1997], 2006a), com grande influência da obra de Vygotsky (1989, 1984). Este estudo considera o ensino com base em gêneros textuais propostos por Bakhtin (2011 [1979]) e reinterpretados pelo viés teórico-metodológico de Bronckart (2012 [1997]), Marcuschi (2008) e Dolz e Schneuwly (2004), segundo os quais a linguagem é uma forma de ação que se realiza no discurso socialmente situado e partilhado por meio dos gêneros textuais. À vista disso, tem-se como base as resoluções dos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (BRASIL, 1998) – no que concerne às sugestões para o ensino da Língua Portuguesa, a partir das quais foi elaborado o Currículo do Estado de São Paulo (SÃO PAULO, 2012). Esses documentos sugerem que, no 9º ano do Ensino Fundamental, sejam estudados com maior ênfase os textos argumentativos e expositivos. Além disso, este trabalho também apresenta o percurso histórico do apostilado no Brasil até a aplicação desse material nos dias atuais na rede pública paulista. Como resultado das análises do apostilado, constatou-se um distanciamento entre o que está prescrito no Currículo Estado de São Paulo e as atividades propostas aos alunos para a aprendizagem dos gêneros da ordem do argumentar e do expor, já que se verificou a inserção majoritária dos gêneros que competem ao narrar, ao passo que os gêneros argumentativos e expositivos, embora tenham aparecido, foram pouco explorados. Houve, portanto, a compreensão de que, para promover a formação de cidadãos ativos socialmente, é preciso dar ênfase ao estudo interativo da linguagem, que acontece essencialmente por meio dos gêneros textuais

Thesis by publication. / Thesis (PhD)--Macquarie University, Department of Linguistics. / Includes bibliographical references. / Introduction -- Translation error analysis: a systemic functional grammar approach -- Systemic functional approach to the issues of Korean theme study -- A corpus based study on the system of THEME in Korean -- Using systemic functional text analysis for translator education: an illustration with a foucus on the textual meaning -- Readability analysis of community translation: a systemic functional approach -- Conclusion. / Most linguistic communities have textual resources for organizing experiences into coherent text. The way that the resources are used may not be the same but vary from one language to another. This variation can be a source of translation difficulty in rendering a natural-reading translation. This thesis investigates the question of how the choices of Theme, which is one of the main textual resources, have an impact on textual meaning in translation between English and Korean. -- The premise underlying the study is that a translation that is not inaccurate in lexical choices may still read as unnatural to the target readers if a careful consideration is not given to Theme choices at the clause level and Thematic development at the text level in the source and target texts. This assumption is derived from systemic functional linguistic (SFL) theory, which postulates that Theme at the clause level plays a critical role in constructing a text into a coherent linear whole at the text level. This brings in another equally important question of the study: how Theme works in Korean. No research has been done to investigate the system of THEME in Korean from a systemic functional point of view or on the basis of extensive discourse analysis across a range of registers. Therefore, this study investigates the THEME system in Korean using a corpus consisting of a number of authentic Korean texts in three different text types. -- These two coherent questions are investigated in five self-contained journal articles included in the thesis. Two of them have been published (Chapters 2 and 5), one has been submitted for publication (Chapter 6) and the other two will be submitted (Chapters 3 and 4). The journal article format for thesis has recently been introduced at Macquarie University as an approved alternative to the traditional thesis structure. / Chapter 1 introduces a number of preliminary issues for, and information relevant to, the study such as research questions and background, the corpus, the underlying theoretical assumption and anticipated contributions to this area of research. Chapter 2 is a report of a pilot-project that motivated the current study. It discusses how to use text analysis based on systemic functional grammar to analyze translation errors/issues and provides systematic explanations relating to such issues. Chapter 3 reviews issues that have been raised by Korean linguists in relation to the study of Theme in Korean and provides suggestions on how to resolve these issues drawing on systemic functional theory. Chapter 4 describes the features of Korean THEME system based on the analysis of clausal Themes and thematic development of 17 texts of the corpus. Chapter 5 is a discussion about the pedagogical efficiency of using systemic functional text analysis for translator education with a particular emphasis on the textual meaning in translation. Chapter 6 attempts to analyze the readability issue of community translations in Australian context. Chapter 7 concludes the thesis with a number of suggestions for further study. --As the research investigates the question of textual meaning in translation, which has not been rigorously studied, and the question of Theme in Korean, which has never been studied on the basis of a corpus and of discourse analysis, it is anticipated that this work will make considerable theoretical and practical contributions in both fields. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / xiv, 329 leaves ill. (some col.)

Students in tertiary educational institutions in South Africa come from many different backgrounds and have varied educational experiences. Some students, especially those from non-English speaking backgrounds, may encounter linguistic difficulties with various academic tasks. In order for students to be successful at university, they must become academically literate. That is, they must master all the reading, writing, listening and comprehension tasks required by the disciplines in which they are studying. One such task is presented by the academic lecture which is an integral part of any course of study. Linguistically, the academic lecture can be seen as a particular genre with unique characteristics. This study investigated some linguistic characteristics of academic lectures. The discipline of Political Science, as a Social Science, was chosen because there is little research that has been done on language in the Social Sciences. The Political Science sub-disciplines of Political Philosophy, South African Politics, and International Relations were used in this research. First year lectures were recorded from each of these three sub-disciplines. The linguistic characteristics of lectures were analysed using techniques drawn from Systemic Functional linguistic theory. The analysis concentrated on the aspects mode and field as they were realised in the lectures. In addition, higher level generic structure was also analysed. The insights gained from the analysis were validated through interviews with the lecturers who gave the lectures. The aim of this research was to develop a linguistic characterisation of the lecture genre as it occurs in the three sub-disciplines of Political Science. The results of this research suggest that although there is a unified academic lecture genre, there is variation according to sub-discipline. The implications of this variation are discussed with reference to their relevance to teaching academic literacy.

This study compares simultaneously interpreted German speech to non-interpreted German discourse in order to determine whether interpreted language is characterised by any of the laws that have been found to feature in translated text, i.e. the law of growing standardisation and the law of interference. It is hypothesised that interpreters typically exaggerate German communicative norms, thereby producing manifestations of growing standardisation. In order to test this hypothesis, comparative and parallel analyses are carried out using corpora of interpreted and non-interpreted discourse. During the comparative phase, two types of interpreted German speech are each compared to non-interpreted language and to each other in order to determine how interpreted speech differs from non-interpreted discourse. During the parallel analysis, the interpreted German segments are compared to their source language counterparts with the aim of determining the reasons for the production of the patterns discovered during the first phase. The results indicate that interpreters do not produce patterns similar to those that characterise translated text: neither the law of growing standardisation nor the law of interference is manifest in the data. Instead, a different feature, namely an increased degree of generalisation, is discovered in the interpreters‟ output. This feature appears to be the result of the use of strategies that enable interpreters to deal with time, memory and linearity constraints inherent in SI. It can hence be confirmed that interpreted German differs from non-interpreted German discourse in certain respects. / Linguistics and Modern Languages / M.A. (Linguistics)

Doctorat en philosophie et lettres / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

An overview of the historical background of error analysis and interference issues, followed by a sample error analysis in a case study context. This investigation of errors is significant in bringing to light the impact on English student writing of the differnces between English versus the indirect nature of various levels of Indonesian.

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Southern Sotho verbal relative clauses are, on discourse-pragmatic grounds, categorised as direct and indirect. The pragmatic factors that govern the occurrence of these two types of relatives within a particular discourse context are investigated. An analysis of relative clauses occurring in live conversations as well as in the dramas Bulane (Khaketla, 1983) and Tjootjo e tla hloma sese/a (Maake, 1992) reveals that direct relative clauses usually modify the reference of predicate nouns (i.e. nouns used as the complements of copulative predicates), while indirect relative clauses modify the reference of object nouns. Theories which suggest that both predicate as well as object nouns generally convey new information, but that the reference status of predicate nouns is non-specific indefinite, while that of object nouns is specific indefinite, are discussed. A hypothesis suggesting that there is an interrelationship between the reference status of a head noun and the type of relative by means of which it is qualified, is proposed. / African Languages / M.A. (African Languages)

This paper provides analysis of a series of email correspondences between secondary newcomer immigrant students and Latino business professionals within the same urban community. The author, using James Gee's discourse theory (1990, 1996, 1999, 2004) contends that school-based discourses and structures have historically operated as barriers to academic success and societal acceptance for the vast majority of secondary English Language Learners, indicating the systemic perpetuation of a racist, classist, xenophobic social order through the public schools. When an attempt is made to sidestep these school-based discourses and put students in direct contact with mature, successful practitioners of English outside of the education community, the students encounter "mentor talk," a set of discourses that uncritically embrace the notions of a neutral, meritocratic, knowledge-based socioeconomic order. At the same time, students encounter language that can be appropriated for their own creative constructions of identity as they seek to position themselves in a new society. Even when there exists a strong alignment between the student's socially-situated identity presentation and the ideological thrust of "mentor talk," many societal barriers stand in the pathway of social and educational advancement. More often, the student identities express resistance, often subtle, to the standard, hegemonizing guidelines for success they have been offered. / text