No description available.

Abstracts in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa / English proficiency is regarded important for economic empowerment in South Africa, since English is the official business language of the country. South Africa is, however, a multilingual country, with 11 official languages. The majority of South African learners do not speak English as first language, but study English as an additional language in school. This leads to English Second Language (ESL) classroom complexities such as multilingualism, negative attitudes to ESL, and various levels of linguistic proficiency, which affect the teaching of the prescribed curriculum. Many learners arrive in secondary school (Grade 8) with underdeveloped English proficiency, which means that a lot of time in ESL classrooms is spent on re-teaching English language concepts, especially grammar concepts. This causes stress for both ESL teachers and learners. This study tested the effectiveness of a self-help ESL grammar intervention programme in order to establish whether existing gaps in grammar knowledge could be closed via self-study outside of the classroom. More specifically, the study asked the question whether learners’ knowledge of Parts of Speech could be enhanced via a self-help intervention programme, which was based on the principles of Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG). SFG is not traditionally used as an instructional framework in ESL classrooms in the South African context. The rationale for assessing the efficiency of an SFG self-help intervention programme was that there is currently a dire need for alternative approaches to teaching ESL grammar, which would assist struggling learners to raise their proficiency levels quickly, and which would allow teachers to continue with the prescribed curriculum. The intervention programme was tested in a controlled quasi-experimental study, which included an experimental group and a control group, and which compared performance in the mid-year examination and year-end examination to performance in a baseline assessment. The results of the study showed that the self-intervention programme was effective in enhancing ESL learners’ knowledge of Parts of Speech, and also had a positive effect on other aspects of grammar knowledge and on writing. Based on these findings, it is recommended that self-regulation and self-instruction be considered for inclusion in ESL syllabi in the South African context, as it can play a positive role in enhancing ESL learners’ linguistic proficiency. / Engelse taalvaardigheid word as belangrik beskou vir ekonomiese bemagtiging in Suid–Afrika, aangesien Engels die offisiële besigheidstaal van die land is. Suid-Afrika het egter elf erkende offisiële landstale en is dus ‘n meertalige land. Die oorgrote meerderheid Suid-Afrikaanse leerders se eerste taal is nie Engels nie, en hierdie leerders neem Engels as tweede taal (ook genoem eerste addisionnele taal) in ‘n formele omgewing op skool. Dit veroorsaak verskeie uitdagings in Engelse tweedetaalklasse, onder andere meertalige leerders, ‘n negatiewe houding teenoor Engels, en oneweredige ontwikkelingsvlakke in Engels. ‘n Groot aantal leerders begin hul sekondêre skoolloopbaan met onderontwikkelde vaardighede in Engels, met name in grammatika. Dit beïnvloed die onderrig van die voorgeskrewe Engelse tweedetaal kurrikulum, veral in Graad 8. Onderwysers is dikwels genoodsaak om baie tyd aan die heronderrig van grammatikale konsepte te spandeer, alvorens die voorgeskrewe Graad 8 kurrikulum hervat kan word. Dit plaas spanning op sowel onderwysers as leerders. Die doel van hierdie studie was om die effektiwiteit van ‘n self-onderrig intervensieprogram te toets – meer spesifiek om te toets of kennisgapings in “Parts of Speech (POS)” oorbrug kan word met ‘n self-onderrig program wat gebaseer is op Sistemiese Funksionele Linguistiek (SFL). SFL word nie tradisioneel in die Suid-Afrikaanse leerprogram gebruik nie, en die rasionaal vir die toetsing van ‘n SFL program was dat daar tans ‘n geweldige vraag is na alternatiewe benaderings tot die onderrig van Engels, wat leerders sal ondersteun om hulle vaardigheidsvlakke snel te verbeter, sodat onderwysers kan voorgaan met die voorgeskrewe kurrikulum. Die SFL intervensieprogram in hierdie studie is deur middel van ‘n gekontroleerde kwasi-eksperimentele metode getoets, wat ‘n eksperimentele groep en ‘n kontrolegroep ingesluit het. Die twee groepe se kennis van woordsoorte is in die middeljaar, asook die eindjaareksamen gemeet, en vergelyk met die resultate van ‘n basislyntoets wat aan die begin van die jaar afgeneem is. Die resultate het bevestig dat die SFL intervensieprogram ‘n positiewe effek gehad het op kennis van woordsoorte. Verdere positiewe effekte was merkbaar in ander aspekte van Engelse grammatika en in skryfvaardigheid. Na aanleiding van hierdie bevindinge is die aanbeveling van hierdie studie dat selfonderrig and self-regulasie oorweeg moet word as belangrike komponente van die Engels tweedetaal sillabus in die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks, aangesien dit ‘n positiewe rol kan speel in die verbetering van Engels tweedetaal leerders se taalvaardigheid. / Ubugcisa kulwimi lwesiNgesi bubaluleke kakhulu ekuxhobiseni ezoqoqosho eMzantsi Afrika kuba silulwimi lwezoshishino olusemthethweni kweli lizwe. Naxa kunjalo uMzantsi Afrika lilizwe elineelwimi ezininzi, apho ezili-11 zamiliselwa njengeelwimi ezisemthethweni. Uninzi lwabafundi baseMzantsi Afrika alusithethi njengolwimi lokuqala isiNgesi, koko lusifunda njengolwimi olongeziweyo esikolweni. Oku kukhokelela kwiingxaki ezininzi kwiklasi efundisa isiNgesi njengoLwimi lwesiBini, ezifana nokusetyenziswa kweelwimi ezininzi kwakunye namanqanaba awohlukileyo olwazi nobugcisa bokusebenzisa ulwimi, nto ezo zichaphazela ukufundiswa kwekharityhulam esekiweyo. Abafundi abaninzi bafika kwisikolo sasesekondari (iBanga lesi-8) bengenalwazi nabugcisa baneleyo besiNgesi, ngenxa yoko, kwiklasi yesiNgesi uLwimi lwesiBini kuchithwa ixesha elininzi kuphindaphindwa ukufundiswa kwesigama sesiNgesi, ngakumbi isigama segrama. Esi sifundo sophando siye sahlola ukusebenza kwenkqubo yongenelelo kufundiso lwegrama yesiNgesi uLwimi lwesiBini apho umfundi azinceda ngokwakhe, ukuze kufunyaniswe ukuba zingavaleka na ezi zikhewu zikhoyo zokuswela ulwazi lwegrama ngokuzifundela ngaphandle kweklasi. Olu phando lujolise ngakumbi kumbuzo wokuba, ingaba ulwazi lwabafundi ngeziGaba zeNtetho lungaphuculwa na ngokusebenzisa le nkqubo yongenelelo yokuzinceda esekelwe kwimithetho-siseko yeSystemic Functional Grammar (iSFG). ISFG ayisetyenziswa ngokwesithethe njengesakhelo sokufundisa kwiklasi yesiNgesi uLwimi lwesiBini eMzantsi Afrika. Esona sizathu sokuvavanya ukusebenza kwale nkqubo yongenelelo yokuzinceda yeSFG, kukuba kukho intswelo enkulu yeendlela ezizezinye zokufundisa igrama yesiNgesi uLwimi lwesiBini, nto leyo inokunceda abafundi abatsala nzima baphucule amaqondo abo obugcisa, kananjalo incede ootitshala bakwazi ukuqhubela phambili nekharityhulam emiselweyo. Le nkqubo yongenelelo yavavanywa kuphando oluphantsi kolawulo olwaziwa ngokuba sisifundo sophando olungagqibelelanga (quasi experimental study), olwaquka iqela lolingelo kunye neqela elisetyenziswa njengomgangatho wentelekiso (control group). Olu phando lwathelekisa indlela abaqhuba ngayo abafundi kwiimviwo zombindi wonyaka nezokuphela konyaka, ithelekiswa kunye nenkqubo yabafundi kuvavanyo olusisiseko. Iziphumo zophando zabonisa ukuba inkqubo yongenelelo yokuzinceda ibe nempumelelo ekuphuliseni ulwazi lwabafundi lweziGaba zeNtetho kwaye ibe nefuthe elakhayo nakweminye imiba yolwazi lwegrama nesakhono sokubhala. Ngokwezi ziphumo kucetyiswa ukuba kuqwalaselwe ukuzilawula nokuzifundisa kwabafundi njengenxalenye yesilabhasi yesiNgesi uLwimi lwesiBini ngokwemeko yaseMzantsi Afrika njengoko oku kuya kuba nefuthe elakhayo ekuphuhliseni ubugcisa babafundi bolwimi lwesiNgesi uLwimi lwesiBini. / Linguistics and Modern Languages / D. Phil. (Languages, Linguistics and Literature)

This thesis examines the scientific language in different subjects by analysing all grade 8 science items from TIMSS 2011, using four characteristic meaning dimensions of scientific language – Packing, Precision and Presentation of information, and the level of Personification in a text. The results, as well as results from established readability measures, are correlated with test performances of different student groups. The TIMSS vocabulary is compared with three Swedish corpora where low frequency words are identified and further analysed. The thesis challenges the notion that there is a single scientific language, as results show that the language use varies between subjects. Physics uses more words, biology shows higher Packing and lower Precision, while physics shows the opposite pattern. Items are generally low in Personification but physics has higher levels, earth science lower. Chemistry often presents information in more complex ways. The use of meaning dimensions manages to connect the language use in science items to student performance, while established measures do not. For each subject, one or more of the meaning dimensions shows significant correlations with small to medium effect sizes. Higher Packing is positively correlated with students’ results in earth science, negatively correlated in physics, and has no significant correlations in biology or chemistry. Students’ performances decrease when placing items in everyday contexts, and skilled readers are aided by higher precision, while less-skilled seem unaffected. Many meaning dimensions that influence low performers’ results do not influence those of high performers, and vice versa. The vocabulary of TIMSS and school textbooks are closely matched, but compared with more general written Swedish and a more limited vocabulary, the coverage drops significantly. Of the low frequency words 78% are nouns, where also most compound–, extra long– and made-up words are found. These categories and nominalisations are more common in biology and, except for made-up words, rare in chemistry. Abstract and generalizing nouns are frequent in biology and earth science, concrete nouns in chemistry and physics.

O Movimento Estudantil, principalmente a partir da década de 1960, passou a ocupar um espaço relevante na esfera política brasileira, tendo em vista o estabelecimento de suas organizações representativas, tais como a União Nacional dos Estudantes e a União Estadual dos Estudantes, e de seus posicionamentos ideológicos que, muitas vezes, confrontavam a ordem política dominante. Assim, diversas ações protagonizadas pelo Movimento Estudantil, ao longo de sua trajetória, se tornaram objeto de destaque na mídia nacional, sobretudo no que concerne à imprensa paulista, na medida em que a maior parte de seus atos mais impactantes e abrangentes se deu na região sudeste. Dentre as inúmeras ações de autoria do Movimento Estudantil, em São Paulo, destacam-se duas manifestações de resistência sócio-política ocorridas durante o regime militar: a Batalha da Maria Antonia (1968) e a Invasão da PUC-SP (1977); de forma paralela, considerando a notabilidade da Universidade de São Paulo no cenário nacional acadêmico na atualidade, destacamos uma manifestação estudantil que obteve grande repercussão midiática já no início desta década: A reintegração de posse da Reitoria dessa instituição (2011), após uma ocupação estudantil. Isso posto, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar a representação dos principais atores sociais envolvidos nos protestos estudantis destacados, nesses períodos históricos distintos. Para tal, esse estudo parte de um corpus composto por reportagens publicadas nos periódicos de macro-circulação Estado de S. Paulo e Folha de S. Paulo, datadas do dia posterior aos acontecimentos selecionados. A metodologia deste estudo se apresenta, inicialmente, por uma análise quantitativa e qualitativa sincrônica comparativa entre os dois periódicos e, posteriormente, procura, por meio da correlação entre padrões linguísticos e fatores histórico-contextuais, traçar aspectos de evolução discursiva no que tange à representação da atuação do Movimento Estudantil segundo o olhar do jornalismo paulista. Com essa finalidade, como arcabouço teórico, foram considerados aportes da História Social para dar conta da contextualização do objeto , da Semiolinguística para compreender o funcionamento do Ato de Linguagem e da discursividade e da Linguística Sistêmico- Funcional (para empreender a análise linguística por meio do sistema de TRANSITIVIDADE. Através desse diálogo, conseguiu-se depreender continuidades e descontinuidades na representação dos atores sociais envolvidos em termo de seus papéis como Ator, Meta, Dizente e Experienciador ao longo do tempo e entre periódicos. / The Student Movement, from the 1960s onwards, started to play a prominent role in Brazil\'s political sphere since its representative organizations, such as the União Nacional dos Estudantes and the União Estadual dos Estudantes, were established and their ideological positions very often confronted the dominant political order. Thus, several actions led by the Student Movement throughout its history were highlighted in the national media, in particular in São Paulo\'s press, as its most influential and widespread acts have predominantly taken place in the southeast region of the country. Among the numerous actions of the Movement in São Paulo, two demonstrations stand out as resistance to the socio-political changes that occurred during the military regime: the Batalha da Maria Antonia (1968) and the PUC-SP Invasion (1997); in parallel, considering the University of São Paulo\'s relevancein the Brazilian academic scenery at the present time, we highlight a Student act that had a big impact in the media in the beginning of this decade: the Reintegração de posse da Reitoria of this institution (2011), after a Student Occupation. That said, this research aims to analyze the representation of the main social factors involved in the aforementioned student protests, in these two distinct historical periods. To this end, this study takes a corpus composed of articles published in thelarge-circulation newspapers Estado de S. Paulo and Folha de S. Paulo, dating from the subsequent day from the selected events. The methodology of this study is presented, initially, by a synchronic quantitative and comparative analysis between the two newspapers and, later on, seeks to trace aspects of discursive trends regarding the representation of the acts of the Student Movement according to the look of journalism through the correlation between linguistic patterns and historical contextual factors. For this purpose, the theoretical framework of Social History was taken into account to give an account of the contextualization of the object , Semiolinguistic to understand the functioning of the language act and discourse and of Systemic-Functional Linguistics (to undertake the linguistic analysis through the system of TRANSITIVITY. Through this discussion, it was possible to establish continuities and discontinuities in the representation of the relevant social actors in terms of their role as Actors, Goal, Sayer and Senser throughout time and between newspapers.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T18:23:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese.pdf: 897004 bytes, checksum: 01569f30a7a9bd0feb6b20e5db201c73 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-05-05 / This research, part of the DIRECT Project (LAEL/PUC-SP), aims at analyzing the characteristics of city tour and museum guides in two different sociocultural contexts: Brazil and Spain. In this way, it investigates the cultural context and the situational context of the corpora of this study. The theory focuses on Systemic Functional Grammar (Halliday, 1994). Although this grammar offers various elements that could also reveal characteristics in the discourse of these professionals, Theme was chosen because it makes possible the study of the organization of the message, the point of departure the speaker selects for grounding what he is going to say (Halliday (1994: 34). Besides, it is possible to compare how two different languages and cultures organize their message. This research has three goals: (1) to identify similarities and differences in the discourse of city tour and museum guides; (2) to identify similarities and differences in the discourse of Brazilian and Spanish city tour and museum guides; (3) to establish if there is one or two genres according to the general structure of the discourses and to Thematic options. Thus, this study is composed of 04 corpora: one of visits to two Brazilian museums; one of visits to two Spanish museums; one of two city tours in Brazil; one of two city tours in Spain. The visits were recorded in cassette tapes and transcribed. The theory about genre follows the ideas of Hasan (1989), Swales (1990), Bathia (1993), Fries (1995), Eggins & Martin (1997) and Ramm (2000). The Theme was studied through the ideas of Halliday (1994), Eggins (1994), Berry (1995), Thompson (1996), Barbara & Gouveia (2001) and Gouveia & Barbara (2001). Results show that city tour and museum guides organize their discourse in a very similar way and that there are some idiosyncratic differences, what is expected as the study deals with two sociocultural contexts / Esta pesquisa, parte do Projeto DIRECT (LAEL/PUC-SP), tem o objetivo de analisar as características do discurso de guias de turismo e monitores de museus em dois contextos sócio-culturais diferentes: Brasil e Espanha. Investiga-se, portanto, o contexto de cultura e o contexto de situação que envolvem os corpora aqui tratados. A base teórica do trabalho está na Gramática Sistêmico-Funcional (Halliday, 1994). Embora esta gramática ofereça vários elementos que também poderiam ressaltar características no discurso dos guias e monitores, escolheu-se o Tema por permitir que se estude a organização da mensagem, o ponto de partida que o produtor do texto, aqui o guia e o monitor, seleciona para embasar o que vai dizer. Além disso, é possível fazer uma comparação na forma como essa organização do discurso é feita em duas línguas e culturas diversas. A análise tem três objetivos: (1) identificar as semelhanças e diferenças do discurso de guias de turismo e monitores de museus; (2) identificar as semelhanças e diferenças do discurso de guias e monitores brasileiros e espanhóis; (3) estabelecer, através da análise da estrutura geral dos discursos e das escolhas Temáticas, se há um ou dois gêneros. Para tanto, a pesquisa está composta por 04 corpora: um de visitas realizadas a dois museus brasileiros; um de visitas realizadas a dois museus espanhóis; um de dois city tours realizados no Brasil; um de dois city tours realizados na Espanha. A coleta dos dados foi feita através de gravação das visitas em fita cassete e sua posterior transcrição. A teoria sobre gênero segue as idéias de Hasan (1989), Swales (1990), Bathia (1993), Fries (1995), Eggins & Martin (1997) e Ramm (2000), e a de Tema, Halliday (1994), Eggins (1994), Berry (1995), Thompson (1996), Barbara e Gouveia (2001) e Gouveia e Barbara (2001). Os resultados da pesquisa mostram que os guias e monitores organizam seu discurso de forma muito semelhante e que as diferenças entre o Brasil e a Espanha são poucas e idiossincráticas, já que são contextos sócio-culturais e línguas diferentes

O Movimento Estudantil, principalmente a partir da década de 1960, passou a ocupar um espaço relevante na esfera política brasileira, tendo em vista o estabelecimento de suas organizações representativas, tais como a União Nacional dos Estudantes e a União Estadual dos Estudantes, e de seus posicionamentos ideológicos que, muitas vezes, confrontavam a ordem política dominante. Assim, diversas ações protagonizadas pelo Movimento Estudantil, ao longo de sua trajetória, se tornaram objeto de destaque na mídia nacional, sobretudo no que concerne à imprensa paulista, na medida em que a maior parte de seus atos mais impactantes e abrangentes se deu na região sudeste. Dentre as inúmeras ações de autoria do Movimento Estudantil, em São Paulo, destacam-se duas manifestações de resistência sócio-política ocorridas durante o regime militar: a Batalha da Maria Antonia (1968) e a Invasão da PUC-SP (1977); de forma paralela, considerando a notabilidade da Universidade de São Paulo no cenário nacional acadêmico na atualidade, destacamos uma manifestação estudantil que obteve grande repercussão midiática já no início desta década: A reintegração de posse da Reitoria dessa instituição (2011), após uma ocupação estudantil. Isso posto, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar a representação dos principais atores sociais envolvidos nos protestos estudantis destacados, nesses períodos históricos distintos. Para tal, esse estudo parte de um corpus composto por reportagens publicadas nos periódicos de macro-circulação Estado de S. Paulo e Folha de S. Paulo, datadas do dia posterior aos acontecimentos selecionados. A metodologia deste estudo se apresenta, inicialmente, por uma análise quantitativa e qualitativa sincrônica comparativa entre os dois periódicos e, posteriormente, procura, por meio da correlação entre padrões linguísticos e fatores histórico-contextuais, traçar aspectos de evolução discursiva no que tange à representação da atuação do Movimento Estudantil segundo o olhar do jornalismo paulista. Com essa finalidade, como arcabouço teórico, foram considerados aportes da História Social para dar conta da contextualização do objeto , da Semiolinguística para compreender o funcionamento do Ato de Linguagem e da discursividade e da Linguística Sistêmico- Funcional (para empreender a análise linguística por meio do sistema de TRANSITIVIDADE. Através desse diálogo, conseguiu-se depreender continuidades e descontinuidades na representação dos atores sociais envolvidos em termo de seus papéis como Ator, Meta, Dizente e Experienciador ao longo do tempo e entre periódicos. / The Student Movement, from the 1960s onwards, started to play a prominent role in Brazil\'s political sphere since its representative organizations, such as the União Nacional dos Estudantes and the União Estadual dos Estudantes, were established and their ideological positions very often confronted the dominant political order. Thus, several actions led by the Student Movement throughout its history were highlighted in the national media, in particular in São Paulo\'s press, as its most influential and widespread acts have predominantly taken place in the southeast region of the country. Among the numerous actions of the Movement in São Paulo, two demonstrations stand out as resistance to the socio-political changes that occurred during the military regime: the Batalha da Maria Antonia (1968) and the PUC-SP Invasion (1997); in parallel, considering the University of São Paulo\'s relevancein the Brazilian academic scenery at the present time, we highlight a Student act that had a big impact in the media in the beginning of this decade: the Reintegração de posse da Reitoria of this institution (2011), after a Student Occupation. That said, this research aims to analyze the representation of the main social factors involved in the aforementioned student protests, in these two distinct historical periods. To this end, this study takes a corpus composed of articles published in thelarge-circulation newspapers Estado de S. Paulo and Folha de S. Paulo, dating from the subsequent day from the selected events. The methodology of this study is presented, initially, by a synchronic quantitative and comparative analysis between the two newspapers and, later on, seeks to trace aspects of discursive trends regarding the representation of the acts of the Student Movement according to the look of journalism through the correlation between linguistic patterns and historical contextual factors. For this purpose, the theoretical framework of Social History was taken into account to give an account of the contextualization of the object , Semiolinguistic to understand the functioning of the language act and discourse and of Systemic-Functional Linguistics (to undertake the linguistic analysis through the system of TRANSITIVITY. Through this discussion, it was possible to establish continuities and discontinuities in the representation of the relevant social actors in terms of their role as Actors, Goal, Sayer and Senser throughout time and between newspapers.

Esta dissertação se insere nos estudos de Linguística e é vinculada à Análise Crítica do Discurso (FAIRCLOUGH, 1989, 2003) e à Linguística Sistêmico-Funcional (HALLIDAY, 1970, 1973), investigando o que é a qualidade literária para os internautas que interagem em fóruns de discussão do Orkut, à luz da Teoria da Valoração (MARTIN ; WHITE, 2005). De acordo com as categorias que abrangem o subsistema da Atitude da Teoria da Valoração (MARTIN ; WHITE, 2005), analisa-se como os leitores internautas se posicionam sobre a questão da qualidade literária e a ideologia que perpassa seus discursos. O conceito de ideologia adotado é o proposto por Thompson (2009), para quem o conceito deve ser compreendido a partir da noção de hegemonia e poder, ou seja, a ideologia necessariamente estabelece e sustenta relações de dominação, reproduzindo a ordem social que favorece indivíduos e grupos dominantes.O corpus desta pesquisa é composto de três amostras colhidas entre 15/07/2009 e 05/01/2010 correspondentes a uma discussão iniciada em comunidade relacionada a assuntos literários. A AMOSTRA 1 refere-se ao tópico Leitura difícil é sinal de qualidade?, da comunidade Literatura; a AMOSTRA 2, se refere ao tópico Qualidade do texto literário, da comunidade Discutindo... literatura e, por fim, a AMOSTRA 3 representa o tópico O que é um bom texto literário para você, também da comunidade Literatura. Cada discussão possui congruências e divergências quanto às representações sobre literatura e essas foram também analisadas. Não obstante, o que nos interessa é perceber como as ideologias perpassam seus discursos de acordo com os valores que os internautas atribuem a aspectos do texto literário. Foram escolhidos fóruns de discussão online do Orkut porque as interações em redes sociais constituem elemento novo das práticas sociais e, portanto, relevantes pontos de apoio para a investigação da criação de sentidos sobre o conceito de boa literatura. Investigar como a literatura, objeto de estudo acadêmico, é analisada em tais espaços cibernéticos é instigante, por não ser usual. Os resultados obtidos nessa pesquisa sugerem que o internauta reproduz o discurso acadêmico hegemônico acerca da qualidade literária ao debater a qualidade intrínseca do texto literário com a ressalva de manifestar seu contentamento ou descontentamento acerca de determinados textos literários e escritores, dado novo que revela uma característica deste espaço não institucional de discussão, em que os internautas se sentem à vontade para manifestar sua opinião / This dissertation, in the area of Linguistics, is developed within the theoretical frameworks of Critical Discourses Analysis (FAIRCLOUGH: 1989; 2003) AND Systemic Functional Linguistics (HALLIDAY, 1970;1973) and investigates representations about literally quality expressed by internet users that interact in discussion forums on Orkut. Adopting analytical categories within the subsystem of Attitude, from Appraisal Theory (MARTIN ; WHITE, 2005), we examine how readers express their ideas on, or representations about, the concept of literary quality and investigate the ideology behind such representations. The concept of ideology in this research is from Thompson (2009), who argues that it must be understood in association with the notions of hegemony and power, ie, ideology necessarily establishes and maintains relationships of domination, by reproducing a social order that favors individuals and dominant groups. The corpus of this research is made up of three samples collected between 07.15.2009 and 01.05.2010 corresponding to a discussion started in a community organized around discussions of literature. . SAMPLE 1 introduces the topic Leitura difícil é sinal de qualidade? from the community Literature; SAMPLE 2 takes, as a starting point, the topic Qualidade do texto literário, from the community Discutindo... literatura, and, finally, SAMPLE 3 introduces the topic O que é um 'bom' texto literário para você, from the community Literatura. Each sample has consistencies and differences in the representations expressed by the participants and these were analyzed. Our focus is on how ideologies permeate participants discourses, according to the values they assign to aspects of the literary text. Online discussion forums on Orkut were chosen because the interactions in social networks represent a new element of social practices and therefore are considered relevant sites of investigation. Probing into how literature, the object of academic study, is discussed in cyber space is justified on the grounds that there are hardly any studies of how literature is represented outside institutional spaces. Results obtained in this study suggest that internet users articulate hegemonic academic discourse in their discussions of literature, but they also express specific attitudes towards particular texts and writers (codified as feelings of pleasure or displeasure in discussions of reading practices). These results suggest that in online discussions of literature readers feel free to express their personal reactions to text, given the characteristics of this discussion forum

A presente pesquisa investiga as escolhas temáticas de textos jornalísticos, especificamente de reportagens, que partem do mesmo evento, mas que são produzidos e publicados em linhas editoriais distintas. Nosso objetivo geral, com este estudo, é proporcionar subsídios para que sejam superados paradigmas ainda baseados na dicotomia texto e gramática na Escola Básica, como também colaborar para a promoção de um ensino mais crítico e reflexivo, a fim de que os estudantes possam atuar em sociedade com autonomia. Para isso, elegemos como corpus duas reportagens de veículos ideologicamente antagônicos: o jornal A Nova Democracia e a revista Veja. Considerando que o contexto de cultura e o contexto de situação são determinantes para as escolhas linguísticas dos textos, examinamos a organização temática dos períodos que compõem as reportagens. Como referencial teórico, elegemos a Gramática Sistêmico-Funcional (GSF) de Halliday (1978; 1994; 2004), centrando-se especificamente na função Tema, pertencente à Estrutura Temática na Metafunção Textual, um dos níveis de análise da GSF, que organiza a oração como mensagem e sistematiza os significados ideacionais. O objetivo específico deste trabalho é, portanto, analisar até que ponto as diferenças ideológicas afetam as escolhas temáticas dos textos. Com essa finalidade, dedicamo-nos à análise dos Temas Ideacionais e seus significados, pois são eles os responsáveis por indicar de que maneira os autores priorizaram as informações nos períodos que compõem e organizam as mensagens contidas nos textos. Como método de pesquisa, anotamos e classificamos manualmente cada um dos dados quantitativos e, em seguida, passamos a uma análise qualitativa dos Temas assinalados. Os resultados apontam que ambos os textos apresentam uma alta frequência de Temas Ideacionais Participantes, mas semanticamente distintos. Quanto aos Temas Ideacionais Processos e Circunstâncias, eles evidenciam discrepâncias sintáticas e semânticas significativas, que revelam representações diferentes dos narradores frente ao mesmo evento. / This research investigates the thematic choices of journalistic texts, specifically news, talking about the same event, but which are produced and published in different editorial lines. Our main goal with this study is to provide information so that paradigms still based on the dichotomy text and grammar at the basic school can be overcome, as well as to contribute to the promotion of a more critical and reflective teaching, so that students can socially act with autonomy. That is the reason why we have chosen as corpus two articles of ideologically antagonistic vehicles: the newspaper A Nova Democracia and Veja magazine. Considering that the context of culture and the context of situation are crucial to the language choices of the texts, we examine the thematic organization of the periods that make up the stories. The theoretical framework we have chosen is the systemic-functional grammar (SFG) of Halliday (1978; 1994; 2004), specifically focusing on the Theme function, which belongs to the Thematic Structure in Textual Metafunction, one of the levels of analysis of the SFG, which organizes the sentence as message and systematizes the ideational meanings. The specific objective of this study is therefore to analyze the extent to which ideological differences affect the thematic choices of texts. Having this goal in mind, we have dedicated ourselves to the analysis of Ideational Themes and their meanings because they are responsible for indicating the way how the authors prioritized information in the periods that make up and organize the messages contained in the texts. As a research method, we have noted and manually classified quantitative data. The results show that both texts have a high frequency of participant but semantically distinct Ideational Themes. As for processes and circumstances Ideational Themes, they show significant syntactic and semantic discrepancies, which reveal different representations of narrators facing the same event.

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.