Modelling interfaces with context in SFL

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Taverniers
Keyword(s):  
Time Scales ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Central Importance ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Dynamic Time ◽  
The Way

Abstract This is a study of the tools for describing language-in-context in Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), and specifically, the way in which dynamic time can be added to this description. Of central importance in this exploration are the concepts of stratification and instantiation and their interaction, and the way in which this interaction is ‘achieved’ metafunctionally and dynamically through the construction of relevant contexts spanning various time scales. The article proposes a new theorization of context in SFL, in which context is regarded as an interplay of different interfacing semiotic strata, and a meshing of multiple complementary and interacting processes of mediation which are at work at different scales of semogenesis.

Context of situation and the role of language

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy L. Bowcher
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Systemic Approach ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Field System ◽  
Context Of Situation ◽  
The Way

Abstract ‘Role’ is typically defined according to the part and/or function that something or someone contributes to a situation. This two-fold perspective is also inherent in discussions of the role of language: the ‘amount’ of language that is involved in a situation and the ‘function’ of language in a situation, with both perspectives relating to the non-linguistic systems that may be involved in the conduct of the situation relative to language. It is the latter of these perspectives, however, that has typically received most attention in discourse analysis, with the former (the ‘amount’) being left implicit and unproblematised. This paper considers the role of language from various discourse analytical perspectives before critically examining the concept within Systemic Functional Linguistics. Using system networks as the representational and analytical platform, the paper redefines ‘role of language’ in contextual Mode as comprised of two sub-systems: degree of involvement and type of involvement. degree of involvement accounts for the compositional contribution that language makes in a situation; type of involvement accounts for the way in which language may function in a situation. Using an illustrative dataset, the paper also demonstrates the effectiveness of the systemic approach in accounting for overlapping and differing contextual configurations by showing how features within the role of language configure and how these in turn configure with options in the Field system-network of action. These configurations are essentially hypotheses that can be more comprehensively tested through empirical research.

scholarly journals Discourse Intonation and Systemic Functional Phonology

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Miriam P. Germani ◽  
Lucia Rivas
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Language System ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Discourse Intonation ◽  
University Level ◽  
Natural Result ◽  
The Way

This paper is a reflection on praxis which addresses the phonological stratum as an integral part of the language system. As EFL teachertrainers, we often find that students isolate the different meaning-creating components of language as a natural result of the way courses areorganized at university level. It is in the spirit of helping students integrate the various aspects of language and context that we have set outto compare David Brazil, Malcolm Coulthard and Catherine Johns’s Discourse Intonation model –which we have been working with for morethan ten years– with the intonation approach in Systemic Functional Linguistics, by M.A.K. Halliday and William Greaves. We observe thetheoretical similarities between the two approaches in order to see how they may supplement one another. Then, we analyse a conversationtaken from a film following both theoretical approaches, and draw conclusions in the light of the comparison. Our preliminary results show thatthe two approaches explain the meanings conveyed with reference to different meaning-making resources. Brazil et al. explain the meaningsat risk in the interaction according to the phonological systems they describe (prominence, tone, key and termination). Halliday and Greavesdo so by referring to the phonological and lexico-grammatical strata in combination.

Dynamism in knowledge exchanges: developing move systems based on Khorchin Mongolian interactions

2020 ◽  
pp. 146144562098211
Author(s):  
Dongbing Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Conversational Interactions ◽  
The Way

This paper aims to develop the description of move systems in Systemic Functional Linguistics based on dynamism in knowledge exchanges, that is, the possible move options made available at different points in an exchange concerned with the negotiation of information. Using conversational interactions in Khorchin Mongolian as examples, the paper argues that at different points in a knowledge exchange, both the speaker and the addressee’s knowledge of the information are at stake. The speaker may be positioned either as knowing or as not knowing the information; at the same time the addressee may be positioned either as knowing or as not knowing the information. It is also possible for the interlocutors not to be positioned either way. The move systems developed make it possible to discuss the options preselected and activated at different points in a knowledge exchange and the way interlocutors are dynamically positioned as an exchange unfolds.

PERIODICITY SYSTEM IN TEXTS OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN THE AREA OF CIVIL CONSTRUCTION - BUILDINGS

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (28) ◽  
pp. 238-256
Author(s):  
Tânea Maria Nonemacher
Keyword(s):  
Technical Education ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Information Flows ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
New Research ◽  
The Way

The system of periodicity, from the discursive perspective (MARTIN, 1992a; 1992b; 1993; MARTIN; ROSE, 2007) has its origin in the Systemic-Functional Linguistics (SFL) with Halliday’s studies (1979/2002) and refers to the way information flows along a text from the complementarity between Theme and New. In this article, an excerpt of a text of the area of buildings is analyzed and there is an attempt to demonstrate the thematic realization patterns and the strategies used by the author to establish the method of development of the text (FRIES, 1981/1983; MARTIN, 1992b). It follows the hypothesis that the Theme in Portuguese could occur not only as the first element of a clause. The results show that, in the context of the study in question, the thematic organization patterns of the periodicity system also occur by agreement to the Process (MOYANO, 2016). These results aim to contribute to the discussions as well as to encourage new research on the thematic realization in Portuguese.

A Textual Analysis of Theme and Rheme Structures in Editorials A Systemic Functional Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Huzaifah A. Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Functional Perspective ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Way

The present study aims to analyze the way writers use language in order to fulfill a purpose by measuring the similarities and differences in editorials with regard to Theme and Rheme choices. Two letters of opinion of an editorial were used in this study to investigate the thematic choices that might differ, given their different purposes. The results indicated that the writers presented the information directly without emphasizing on any proposition encoded in the clauses. Besides, it was also found that the intervention made by the writers is less obvious, as measured by the low occurrences of Interpersonal Theme. In addition, it can also be concluded that the letter of support is more cohesive than the letter of oppose because of its higher occurrences of Textual Theme. Textual metafunction; ; ; systemic functional linguistics; comparative studies

scholarly journals Exploring the Interpersonal Meaning in two extracts from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus and Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah : A Comparative Systemic Functional Linguistic Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-70
Author(s):  
Daniel T. Yokossi
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Prose Fiction ◽  
World Views ◽  
Full Size ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistic ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Way

Abstract This paper examines Mood Patterns in some passages from Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus and Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah. More specifically, two extracts from the above mentioned prose fiction have been purposefully selected, described and analyzed from the Systemic Functional Linguistics perspective in order to reveal how the lexicogrammatical features of the interpersonal meaning of the studied extracts underpin the perception of the two authors throughout their novels. The article goes further and highlights the similarities and differences in the interpersonal functions of the extracts under scrutiny in terms of their contents and how the English language has been used therein to construe the above pinpointed authors’ world views of the issues dealt with in their writings. The findings of the study have, among others, revealed that the gap between Achebe’s and Adichie’s writings is not full size and that the former has actually paved the way to the latter.

scholarly journals Transitivity Analysis on Framing in the Online News Articles

K ta Kita ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-27
Author(s):  
Agustinus Dias Suparto
Keyword(s):  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Online News ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
The World ◽  
The Difference ◽  
International Phenomenon ◽  
The Way

News is the way to let public know about certain occurrences around the world. In Indonesia, the case of Ahok which has been sentenced for two years has been an international phenomenon. There are two factions which are opposite two each other about the case. Thus, report which can be found in the news may have different perspectives, depending on the writers’ views. There are bias and framing which leads people on the writer’s perspective. This paper will try to analyze two news articles on Basuki Tjahaja Purnama’scase which are taken from antaranews.com and hrw.org using Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). The data will be examined using transitivity analysis which can reveal the different perspectives of these two news articles by breaking down the sentences which shows the participants, process and circumstances involved. At the end of this paper, it shows how the difference in using of participants, process and circumstances creates different perspectives of the writer. 

scholarly journals Transitivity Analysis on Framing in the Online News Articles

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Agustinus Dias Suparto
Keyword(s):  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Online News ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
The World ◽  
The Difference ◽  
International Phenomenon ◽  
The Way

News is the way to let public know about certain occurrences around the world. In Indonesia, the case of Ahok which has been sentenced for two years has been an international phenomenon. There are two factions which are opposite two each other about the case. Thus, report which can be found in the news may have different perspectives, depending on the writers’ views. There are bias and framing which leads people on the writer’s perspective. This paper will try to analyze two news articles on Basuki Tjahaja Purnama’scase which are taken from antaranews.com and hrw.org using Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). The data will be examined using transitivity analysis which can reveal the different perspectives of these two news articles by breaking down the sentences which shows the participants, process and circumstances involved. At the end of this paper, it shows how the difference in using of participants, process and circumstances creates different perspectives of the writer. Abstrak Berita merupakan alat pemberitaan kepada masyarakat luas tentang peristiwa yang terjadi di dunia. Di Indonesia, pemberitaan tentang Ahok yang telah didakwa dua tahun penjara telah menjadi perbincangan dunia. Dalam menyikapi pemberitaan ini, terdapat dua kelompok besar yang saling berlawanan sehingga memungkinkan terdapat perbedaan laporan dalam berbagai pemberitaan. Maka, terjadi ketaksesuaian informasi dan framing yang berujung pada perbedaan pandangan tentang objek pemberitaan. Artikel ini membahas tentang pemberitaan Basuki Tjahaja Purnama di dua berita online, yaitu antaranews.com dan hrw.org menggunakan analisis ketransitifan dalam Systemic Functional Linguistics(SFL) yang dipopulerkan oleh Halliday. Data dibahas secara rinci dengan menganalisis aspek-aspek ketransitifan pada setiap kalimat dalam berita. Pada akhirnya, artikel ini mengungkap bagaimana penggunaan partisipan (participants), proses (process) dan situasi (circumstances) dalam kalimat dapat memengaruhi sudut pandang dari penulis berita 

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