Language patterns and ATTITUDE

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Bednarek
Keyword(s):  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Appraisal Theory ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Corpus Linguistic ◽  
Linguistic Evidence ◽  
Linguistic Patterns ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Evaluative Meaning ◽  
Preliminary Classification

Interpersonal or evaluative meaning has been described in systemic functional linguistics with the help of appraisal theory (Martin & White 2005), which distinguishes between different types of evaluation. One sub-system of APPRAISAL is ATTITUDE, which is further divided into APPRECIATION, JUDGEMENT and AFFECT. This paper uses corpus-linguistic evidence to investigate how far linguistic patterns support this classification, and whether they can be used as a ‘diagnostic’ for distinguishing types of ATTITUDE (as has been proposed in appraisal theory). It argues that two different aspects of APPRAISAL need to be considered: the kinds of attitudinal lexis (in terms of evaluative standards which are inscribed in this lexis) and the kinds of attitudinal targets or types of attitudinal assessment, and that this distinction has not been sufficiently considered in appraisal theory so far. A preliminary classification of attitudinal lexis is also suggested, and a new sub-category of ATTITUDE proposed (COVERT AFFECT).

scholarly journals A linguagem dos blogs: um gênero textual emergente

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 94-105
Author(s):  
Edna Cristina S. Santos
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Genre Analysis ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Multimodal Texts ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Types

Adolescents all over the world have communicated with one another through the Internet by means of personal sites called Blogs, in which they say what they think and feel about life, and interact electronically with people from different places. This is a new mode of literacy which is leading adolescents to writing spontaneously about diverse topics. They use multimodal texts in which they integrate different types of semiosis. In this paper, we will examine the language of this new genre according to critical discourse analysis (Fairclough, 1992), genre analysis (Bakhtin, 1992) and systemic functional linguistics (Halliday, 1985).

scholarly journals Foods of Oppression

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa L. Price ◽  
Gisella S. Cruz-Garcia ◽  
Nemer E. Narchi
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Food Studies ◽  
Food Justice ◽  
Traditional Food ◽  
Traditional Foods ◽  
Food Items ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Preliminary Classification

The growing recognition of food justice as an element of food studies inquiry has opened a productive vein that allows for analyzing the effects of oppression on traditional foods of Indigenous peoples. We provide a preliminary classification of food oppression by presenting several different types of foods from a number of cultures: (1) replaced and repressed foods; (2) disempowered and misrepresented foods; and (3) foods of oppression of the dispossessed. Our main argument is that these food types represent different faces of oppression and state power that, regardless of the inherent differences, have permeated diets and imaginaries in various spatial scales and, in doing so, have caused deprivation in local communities, despite being accepted in many cases as traditional food items in oppressed cultures. We conducted a systematic literature review in Scopus focusing on the traditional foods of Indigenous people and elements of oppression and revitalization. The results of our review are discussed in light of what we identify as aspects of culinary oppression. We conclude our paper by sketching the plausible first steps for redemptory solutions based on Indigenous food work aimed at reclaiming basic revalorization and revitalization.

scholarly journals Modality Analysis on the Official Website of Indonesian Tourism

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-119
Author(s):  
Shafira Rahmasari ◽  
Stefanny Lauwren
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Primary Motivation ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
The Government

Tourism is believed as the primary motivation to improve the economy of a country. In order to attract some tourists to visit tourism destinations in Indonesia, The Ministry of Tourism establishes an official website to share the information regarding the tourism destinations, activities, and attractions. This study is conducted to observe how the official website of Indonesian tourism utilizes modality to present Indonesian tourism discourse. This paper analysed ten destination highlights of the website covering the areas of Medan, Raja Ampat, Bali, Banyuwangi, Bintan Island, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Bandung, Makassar, and Lombok through Discourse Analysis approach utilizing Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistics. This paper found modality is used in the forms of probability, usuality, inclination, and obligation. Those different types of modality are employed to describe three domains of tourism discourse: itineraries and access, place to play, and authenticity. It is concluded that the government uses the website to ensure the readers’ being well informed of Indonesian tourism destinations and safety during their visit to Indonesia.

The value of a pragma-functional approach to intercultural conflict discourses

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margo Lecompte-Van Poucke
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Functional Approach ◽  
Political Decision ◽  
Intercultural Conflict ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Cultural Boundaries ◽  
Linguistic Patterns ◽  
Context Of Situation ◽  
Political Decision Making

Abstract Systemic functional linguistics focuses on the study of language use within its registerial context of situation. The theory offers a meaning-based approach for the analysis of discourses in generic and culture-specific settings. When it comes to the analysis of conflict discourses across cultural boundaries, SFL may be integrated into a framework that relates language use to the notions of power and ideology and the dimensions of culture and history to provide a broader picture to inform future political decision-making. This paper presents a pragma-functional approach combining systemic functional linguistics, argumentation theory, critical theory and postcolonial insights. The analytical tool is illustrated with reference to the New Caledonian independence debate through the analysis of salient linguistic patterns and discursive moves in two open letters, published in April 1988, by Kanak independence leader Jean-Marie Tjibaou and former French President François Mitterrand.

Narrative Appraisal as a Linguistic Approach to Evaluation in Text: The Case of Pronouns

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Conway
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Appraisal Theory ◽  
Narrative Texts ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Relevant Role ◽  
Evaluative Language ◽  
Political Speeches ◽  
Linguistic Approach

Unlike modern narrative, which often goes into great detail in order to develop characters and themes, the narrator in the Old Testament is reticent, and the narrative is typically terse. There are many ambiguous passages involving actions of dubious propriety, resulting in readers being uncertain how to assess characters and draw ideological conclusions from their actions. It is too easy for modern readers to filter interpretive decisions through their presuppositions and values. Appraisal theory, an area of systemic functional linguistics, acts not to eliminate but to constrain the subjectivity of the interpreter and increase the transparency of the process by looking for specific linguistic signals in the text that can be presented as evidence. These instantiations are drawn mainly from the interpersonal metafunction, but also involve the textual and ideational metafunctions. J.R. Martin and P.R.R. White developed a system network through which text is processed in order to identify evaluative language; however, their work is based primarily on contemporary English texts of a rhetorical nature, such as political speeches and reviews. This article presents a modified system network, the “Narrative Appraisal Method,” adapted for Hebrew narrative texts. It operates not only at the level of the clause but also at higher levels of discourse. It takes into consideration the characteristics of narrative and the point of view of the evaluator. The article provides specific examples of the results the methodology yields from the book of Judges, focusing on situations in which pronominal forms play a relevant role.

scholarly journals Negotiating The Social Relationships Through The Discourse of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) Commenting on West Java Paragliding World Championship (WJPWC) 2019

CALL ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suroto Suroto ◽  
Ika Yatmikasari
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Appraisal Theory ◽  
West Java ◽  
World Championship ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Social

The Research analyzes how the social relationships are negotiated through the discourse of social networking sites in the form of Facebook status commenting on West Java Paragliding World Championship (WJPWC) 2019. The analysis focuses on how the participant tells her feelings about things and people through her Facebook status during the WJPWC event. By the qualitative descriptive method, the Facebook status of a paragliding legend was analyzed using the interpersonal metafunction of Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistics and appraisal theory of Martin and Rose. Using the interpersonal metafunction, the attitudes and judgments of the participant are evaluated based on the speech roles, mood types, and modalities used in the text. The appraisal theory is used for further evaluation to know how the feelings of the participant by evaluating (1) the kinds of attitudes (affect, judgment and appreciation), (2) the attitude resources, and  (3) how the attitudes are amplified. The result showed that the participant through her four Facebook status consisted of 26 clauses used the speech roles of giving information in the mood types of declarative. By the mood types, the participant directly and explicitly showed the positive attitudes commenting on the WJPWC event and realized in several linguistic realizations. The participant who roles as the attitude resources expressed her feelings in three main types of attitudes; (1) her positive affect or feelings, (2) her positive judgment of personal and moral, and (3) her positive and negative appreciation of valuing thing during the WJPWC event. The participant also used several metaphors that play important roles in constructing her gradable feelings and emotion.Keywords: Appraisal Theory, Attitude Evaluation, Interpersonal metafunction,                   Systemic Functional Linguistics

The Roles of Attitude in The Storyline of Beauty and The Beast (2017) Movie (Systemic Functional Linguistics Approach)

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alhinsa Oktaviani Arjanti
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Appraisal Theory ◽  
Context Analysis ◽  
Beauty And The Beast ◽  
Physical Description ◽  
Functional Linguistics

<p>This research is about analyzing the attitude used by the script writer in Beauty and The Beast (2017) movie. It is aimed to find the roles of attitude in giving the characterizations in the movie and the roles of attitude in building the narrative text in the movie using systemic functional linguistics approach.</p><p>This research is a descriptive qualitative research, implementing descriptive comparative method with discourse analysis. The source of the data is the utterances from the characters. Primary data were also collected applied genre relation, characterization theory and systemic functional linguistics, especially appraisal theory. In analyzing the data applied Miles &amp; Hubberman’ s (1992) interactive model with Spradley’s (1980) ethnographic steps which include domain, taxonomy, componential, and cultural context analysis.</p><span>The results of this research show the findings: (1) attitude takes roles in giving direct and indirect characterizations in the form of physical description, action, emotional and physical reaction, thought, speech, (2) In building the narrative text, affect takes roles to express the characters’ emotional feeling, judgement is used to describe and evaluate the characters’ behavior, and appreciation is used to describe the character’s physical appearance, the setting of place of the story and to give an abstract valuation. </span>

scholarly journals Ethical Banking and Poverty Alleviation Banking: The Two Sides of the Same Solidary Coin

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 11977
Author(s):  
María del Carmen Valls Martínez ◽  
Pedro Antonio Martín-Cervantes ◽  
Sandra Peña Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Financial Sustainability ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Per Se ◽  
And Cluster Analysis ◽  
Two Sides ◽  
Preliminary Classification

(1) Background: The growing number of banking entities linked to the field of banking since the 1980s requires a preliminary classification of this sector in order to identify the main stylized facts of this wide conglomerate of institutions oriented to financial sustainability as well as the establishment of an effective differentiation that can objectively distinguish the different types of institutions operating in this subfield of finance. The objective of this research is to obtain a frame of reference by determining the main defining characteristics of these entities and their differentiating elements, by verifying, on an analytical basis, the ways in which they provide a social service in the pursuit of financial inclusion. (2) Methods: A double methodological perspective is used jointly: Factor Analysis and Cluster Analysis. (3) Results: It was possible to delimit two significant groups: Ethical Banks per se and Poverty Alleviation Banks, defining their main differences and analogies. (4) The taxonomy conducted revealed that Ethical Banks per se are primarily established in developed countries, while Poverty Alleviation Banks focus their actions on developing nations. Based on this classification, we establish a series of practical policies that support the future deployment of sustainable banking.

Moving Time vs. Frame-relative motion

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 272-314
Author(s):  
Kevin Ezra Moore
Keyword(s):  
Frame Analysis ◽  
Specific Structure ◽  
Semantic Structure ◽  
Motion Event ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Cognitive Semantic ◽  
Fictive Motion ◽  
Preliminary Classification ◽  
Selective Integration

Abstract There is an elaborate analogy between Moving Time (composed of primary metaphors; e.g. Christmas is approaching) and Frame-relative Fictive Motion (e.g. Your destination is approaching). It has been suggested that this analogy could be involved in the motivation of Moving Time. However, a semantic frame analysis that includes all stages of the motion event shows that this analogy could not be involved in the motivation of Moving Time. It is further argued that Moving Time and Frame-relative Fictive Motion are instances of different types of cognitive-semantic structure. Moving Time is a selective integration of concepts from frames that do not share elements with each other, whereas Frame-relative Fictive Motion presupposes a single semantic frame. For the purpose of distinguishing fictive motion from primary metaphor (e.g. Moving Time), Coextension-path and Pattern-path fictive motion are studied in addition to Frame-relative. These three types of fictive motion can be distinguished from primary metaphor because they involve the integration of concepts from frames that share specific structure, whereas primary metaphor involves frames that do not share specific structure. In a preliminary classification of fictive motion as a type of metaphor, all three types of fictive motion discussed may be classified as resemblance-based metaphors. Coextension-path and Frame-relative fictive motion are also motivated by correlations in experience. These correlations, however, are different in kind from those that motivate primary metaphor.

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