The Functional Perspective On Language And Discourse

Author : María de los Ángeles Gómez González,Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez,Francisco Gonzálvez García,Angela Downing
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027270207

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The Functional Perspective on Language and Discourse by María de los Ángeles Gómez González,Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez,Francisco Gonzálvez García,Angela Downing Pdf

Over the last forty years, the functionalist approach to linguistic description and explanation has given rise to several major schools of thought that share two crucial assumptions: (i) form is not independent of meaning/function or language use; and (ii) linguistic description and explanation need to take into account the communicative function of language. This volume offers readers interested in functional linguistics a selected sample of studies that jointly prove the efficacy of the analytical tools and procedures broadly accepted within the functionalist tradition in order to investigate language and discourse, with special focus on key pragmatic/discourse notions such as contextualization, grammaticalisation, reference, politeness, (in-)directness, discourse markers, speech acts, subjective evaluation and sentiment analysis in texts, among others. In addition, this volume offers specific corpus-based techniques for the objective contextualisation of linguistic data, which is crucial given the central role allotted to context in both functional linguistics and pragmatics/discourse analysis.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1051 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1845531132

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Continuing Discourse on Language by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ruqaiya Hasan,Peter Howard Fries
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027236210

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On Subject and Theme by Ruqaiya Hasan,Peter Howard Fries Pdf

The ten papers in this volume focus on Subject and Theme. Theme began its life as a semantic notion in the work of Vilém Mathesius, while Subject has traditionally been seen as just a syntactic entity. More recently two related perspectives on these concepts have attracted linguists' attention: the formal criteria for their recognition and the relations between the two concepts. Using the systemic functional model as their point of departure, the papers in the present volume consider the two notions in a wider context by relating them to the interpersonal and textual metafunctions of language. By contrast with the current linguistic approaches, the primary focus here is neither simply on formal recognition criteria nor on the relation of these elements to each other; instead, the notions of Subject and Theme are examined from the point of view of their function in the economy of discourse, with studies of their significance in English and French, as well as in a range of non-Indo-European languages. Definitions of the concepts are offered on the basis of their discourse functions, which are also important in selecting the formal recognition criteria and in understanding their mutually supportive role vis à vis each other. Most of the papers in the volume are a selection from presentations made at the 19th International Systemic Functional Congress at Macquarie University.

Author : Christopher S. Butler,Raquel Hidalgo Downing,Julia Lavid
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-07-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027292230

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Functional Perspectives on Grammar and Discourse by Christopher S. Butler,Raquel Hidalgo Downing,Julia Lavid Pdf

This book, a tribute to Angela Downing, consists of twenty papers taking a broadly functional perspective on language, with topics ranging from the general (grammar as an evolutionary product, text comprehension, integrative linguistics) to particular aspects of the grammars of languages (Bulgarian, English, Icelandic, Spanish, Swedish). The more specific papers are sequenced according to Halliday’s division into ideational, textual and interpersonal aspects of the grammar, and cover a wide range of areas, including aspect, argument structure, noun phrase/nominal group structure and nominalisations, pronominal clitics, theme in relation to writing skills, discourse structures and markers, the role of attention in conversation, the functions of topic, phatic communion, subjectification, formulaic language and modality. A recurrent theme in the volume is the use of corpus materials in order to base functional descriptions on authentic productions. Overall, the volume constitutes a panoramic but nevertheless detailed view of some important current trends in functional linguistics.

Author : René Dirven,Vilém Fried
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027215246

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Functionalism in Linguistics by René Dirven,Vilém Fried Pdf

This volume offers a variety of viewpoints on the functional approach to the study of language. After an exposition of the Prague School functionalism, and Dik's and Halliday's functional approaches, it presents a wider area of text-linguistic, psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic, theoretical, descriptive and applied issues from a functional point of view, testifying of the very wide-spread and in-depth impact of functionalist thought on the present-day linguistic scene.

Author : Frances Christie
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781441179593

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Classroom Discourse Analysis by Frances Christie Pdf

This book offers a model of classroom discourse analysis that uses systemic functional linguistic theory and associated genre theory to develop a view of classroom episodes as 'curriculum genres', some of which operate in turn as part of larger unities of work called 'curriculum macrogenres'. Drawing on Bernstein's work, Christie argues that two registers operate in pedagogic discourse: a regulative register, to do with the goals and directions of the discourse; and an instructional register, to do with the particular 'content' or knowledge at issue. Each can be shown to be realized in distinctive clusters of choices in the grammar. The operation of the regulative register determines the initiation, pacing, sequencing and evaluation of the overall pedagogic activity. The book sets out the its methodology in detail by reference to a number of classroom texts, and a range of school subjects. Overall, schools emerge as sites of symbolic control in a culture.

Author : Shannon Bischoff,Carmen Jany
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110285321

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Functional Approaches to Language by Shannon Bischoff,Carmen Jany Pdf

Functionalism, as characterized by Allen, (2007:254) "holds that linguistic structures can only be understood and explained with reference to the semantic and communicative functions of language, whose primary function is to be a vehicle for social interaction among human beings." Since the 1970s, inspired by the work of Jespersen, Bolinger, Dik, Halliday, and Chafe, functionalism has been attached to a variety of movements and models making major contributions to linguistic theory and to various subfields within linguistics, such as syntax, discourse, language acquisition, cognitive linguistics, typology, and documentary linguistics. Further, functional approaches have had a major impact outside linguistics in fields such as psychology and education, both in terms of theory and application. The main goal of functionalist approaches is to clarify the dynamic relationship between form and function (Thompson 2003:53). Functionalist perspectives have gained more ground over the past decades with more linguists resorting to functional explanations to account for linguistic structure. The authors in this volume present the current state of functional approaches to linguistic inquiry expanding our knowledge of language and linguistics.

Author : Monika Bednarek,J. R. Martin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781441175441

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New Discourse on Language by Monika Bednarek,J. R. Martin Pdf

New Discourse on Language addresses the need for innovative analyses of multi-modal discourse, identity and affiliation within functional linguistics. The chapters in this volume are connected by their common underlying theoretical approach, Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), and by their focus on semantic variation (across modalities of communication and between speakers) as well as the negotiation of identity and affiliation. The analyses focus on a diverse range of texts from very different contexts, using analytic techniques that are based on the latest research in this field. They represent a wealth of exploratory, innovative and challenging perspectives, and are a key contribution to the extension of systemic-functional theory to the analysis of multimodality, identity and affiliation. The volume is of interest to linguists, applied linguists, semioticians, and communication theorists.

Author : Jonathan Webster,Christian Matthiessen,Ruqaiya Hasan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Functionalism (Linguistics)
ISBN : 1845531132

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Continuing Discourse on Language by Jonathan Webster,Christian Matthiessen,Ruqaiya Hasan Pdf

Author : Kees Hengeveld,J. Lachlan Mackenzie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780199278107

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Functional Discourse Grammar by Kees Hengeveld,J. Lachlan Mackenzie Pdf

This is the first comprehensive presentation of Functional Discourse Grammar. The authors set out its nature and origins and show how it relates to contemporary linguistic theory. They demonstrate and test its explanatory power and descriptive utility against linguistic facts from over 150 languages across a full range of linguistic families.

Author : Laura Alba Juez
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781443812221

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Perspectives on Discourse Analysis by Laura Alba Juez Pdf

Perspectives on Discourse Analysis: Theory and Practice provides the student/reader with the basic theoretical knowledge and the empirical tools of some of the most relevant approaches to the analysis of discourse. It has been mainly conceived of as a general (university) course on Discourse Analysis, but it can also be useful for any person or group whose main concern is to acquire the basic necessary knowledge and skills for analyzing any type of discourse. The subject matter of the book could not only be of use for linguists or prospective linguists: given its interdisciplinary character, its findings can be (and in fact are) used and applied by practitioners and scholars from different fields, such as sociology, psychology, medical science, computer science, and so on. Thus the book can be used by any person who, having certain linguistic knowledge, is interested in exploring the fascinating world of discourse. All the chapters contain both a theoretical and an empirical section, the latter containing examples of analysis, as well as exercises (Practice) and self-evaluation questions, whose answers can be found at the end of the book (in the Practice key and Key to self-evaluation questions sections). The book is divided into 12 chapters. The first two introduce basic information about discourse analysis and text linguistics, as well as the necessary techniques for gathering data, including a very brief introduction to corpus linguistics. Chapters 3-11 present and discuss some of the most prominent and well-known approaches to discourse analysis, namely Pragmatics, Interactional Sociolinguistics, Conversation Analysis, The Ethnography of Communication, Variation Analysis and Narrative Analysis, Functional Sentence Perspective, Post-Structuralist Theory and Social Theory, Critical Discourse Analysis and Positive Discourse Analysis, and Mediated Discourse Analysis. Finally, Chapter 12 deals with crucial and further issues, such as the type of discourse chosen for the analysis, the strategies and functions of discourse, or the problem of choosing an appropriate unit of analysis which will suit the aims of research. Perspectives on Discourse Analysis: Theory and Practice may prove of value to all those who are professionally involved in the area of discourse and pragmatic studies, or simply to those who wish to acquire the necessary basic knowledge and techniques for analyzing any type of discourse, from medical, journalistic or political discourse to computer-mediated, humoristic, or hegemonic discourse (where the use and abuse of power is an important issue), just to name a few of the innumerable possibilities. A desirable and intended effect of this book is also the development of an open and tolerant mind, which will eventually lead to a better understanding of the different and varied manifestations of language, culture and communication in human society.

Author : Jing Hao
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351241038

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Analysing Scientific Discourse from A Systemic Functional Linguistic Perspective by Jing Hao Pdf

This book describes the discourse of biology from a systemic functional linguistic perspective. It offers a detailed description of resources based on text analysis. The description reveals co-textual patterns of language features, their expressions through grammatical resources, as well as their functions in the disciplinary context. The book also applies the description to analyse student texts in undergraduate biology, revealing characteristics of language and knowledge development. Although the discussion in this book focuses on the discourse of biology, both the language description and the descriptive principle can be used to inform the examination of knowledge in academic discourse in general, making this key reading for students and researchers in systemic functional linguistics, discourse analysis, English for academic purposes, applied linguistics, and science education.

Author : Alice Caffarel,J.R. Martin,Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004-12-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027294951

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Language Typology by Alice Caffarel,J.R. Martin,Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen Pdf

This book is intended as a systemic functional contribution to language typology both for those who would like to understand and describe particular languages against the background of generalizations about a wide range of languages and also for those who would like to develop typological accounts that are based on and embody descriptions of the systems of particular languages (rather than isolated constructions). The book is a unique contribution in at least two respects. On the one hand, it is the first book based on systemic functional theory that is specifically concerned with language typology. On the other hand, the book combines the particular with the general in the description of languages: it presents comparable sketches of particular languages while at the same time identifying generalizations based on the languages described here as well as on other languages.The volume explores eight languages, covering seven language families: French, German, Pitjantjatjara, Tagalog, Telugu, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Japanese.

Author : Mary J. Schleppegrell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-04-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135620929

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The Language of Schooling by Mary J. Schleppegrell Pdf

This book builds on current sociolinguistic and discourse-analytic studies of language in school, but adds a new dimension--the framework of functional linguistic analysis. It will enable researchers and students of language in education to rec

Author : Elena N. Malyuga
Publisher : Springer
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789813291034

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Functional Approach to Professional Discourse Exploration in Linguistics by Elena N. Malyuga Pdf

This book presents research into various types of professional discourse through the prism of the functional linguistics approach. Focusing mainly on practical aspects of speech, the book discusses various topics, such as structural, semantic, cognitive and pragmatic characteristics of professional discourse, argumentation strategies, humour in professional discourse, and word-building processes. It also highlights communicative effectiveness methods in professional discourse. Offering new ideas and discussing the latest findings, the book is intended for researchers, lecturers and professionals in the field.