scholarly journals DOCTOR-PATIENT POWER RELATION: A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF A DOCTOR-PATIENT CONSULTATION

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Thanh Nga
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Social Relation ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Power Relation ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Different Ages ◽  
Patient Consultation

This paper attempts to explore the power relation between a doctor and a patient through the language they use at a consultation. The consultation is taken from YouTube. The doctor and the patient are women of different ages. The doctor is much younger than the patient. The paper uses systemic functional linguistics as the main theoretical framework, following the top-down approach to analysis; particularly from the analysis of the consultation in terms of field, tenor and mode down to the analysis of the consultation in terms of transitivity, mood and modality. The results of the analysis have revealed that behind the language the doctor and the patient used in their interaction exists social relation in which the doctor has the power over the patient.

scholarly journals A systemic functional analysis of two multimodal covers

2006 ◽  
pp. 249 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Martínez Lirola
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
New Literacies ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Basic Unit ◽  
Unit Of Analysis ◽  
Visual Mode ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Modes Of Representation ◽  
Situated Approach

Our society is influenced by new texts, which are clearly characterised by the increasing dominance of the visual mode; this implies that new literacies need to be developed as a way of enabling the readers to question the texts they are exposed to. We argue for a multimodal and situated approach for understanding and interpreting writing on magazine covers because they are examples of an increased emphasis on modes of representation other than the written, especially an increased dominance of the visual mode. This is the reason why we are going to analyse two covers of free British magazines (published in London on July 14, 2003) to see the different resources they use to attract people's attention and to encourage readership, particularly because they were delivered at the exit of underground stations. Systemic Functional Linguistics will be our theoretical framework in this article because for this linguistic school the text is the basic unit of analysis and it studies language in relation to society. SFL will help us to understand why a text is written as it is by paying attention to its context and textual organisation.

scholarly journals OFFICIAL PEDAGOGY, FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LITERACY: A FUNCTIONALIST PERSPECTIVE

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (Special) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
BEL A. NEDDAR
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Functional Activity ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Educational Requirement

The theoretical framework that informs this paper is systemic functional linguistics (Halliday, 1994, Mathiessen, 1995 and Halliday and Mathiessen, 2004). This paper is not meant to be a guide for foreign language teachers on how to teach with a list of prescriptive tips to be adequately followed, but meant to highlight the importance of language teaching as a social functional activity. It stresses the need for a particular type of literacy that helps learners reflect on the ideational content of the educational input, questions beliefs and settled practices of their societies, and dwells on the educational requirement for any country to join the socio-economic revolutionary processes of Globalisation.

Thematic Organization and the Analysis of Selected Online Academic Scientific Journals' Site

2010 ◽  
pp. 376-388
Author(s):  
Foluke Olayinka
Keyword(s):  
Information Structure ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Given

This chapter analyses the thematic organization of the instruction to authors’ section of selected online academic scientific journals’ sites. Fifteen scientific journals were selected randomly from different fields in the sciences. The theoretical framework for the study is provided by Systemic Functional Linguistics. The results showed that the marked theme had a higher occurrence than the unmarked theme. The marked themes were realized by adverbials and grammatical subjects. The unmarked themes were realized by subjects and predicates. Simple themes had a higher occurrence than multiple themes while interpersonal themes had more frequency than textual themes. The editors observed the given-new information structure as there was a low occurrence of entirely new information. The derived theme pattern was mostly used while the split-theme pattern had the least occurrence. The results show that the editors of these journals made use of these structures to organize their message logically and coherently.

scholarly journals La fuerza en la construcción del marco teórico en artículos científicos: un análisis desde la lingüística sistémico-funcional

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-91
Author(s):  
Norma Patricia Barletta ◽  
Diana Chamorro ◽  
Jorge Mizuno
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Authorial Voice

Opposite to what is traditionally stated, the theoretical framework often constitutes an independent section in research articles. Therein writers establish the theoretical tradition that supports their research and make an account of the theoretical and research developments in their discipline, specifically, in their topic of research, thus establishing a dialogue with other voices. This article examines how writers organize their theoretical framework by means of verbal clauses using the resources of the graduation subsystem proposed by the systemic functional linguistics to express force —which will help them to construct their authorial voice. This study analyzed the verbal clauses and the graduation resources of the theoretical frameworks in 20 research articles in Spanish language published in Colombian journals from the area of applied linguistics. Findings show the variety of resources deployed by writers in their verbal clauses to strengthen their commitment to their tenets, especially in prominent places of their theoretical framework, such as the macroTheme, hyperThemes, macroNew and hyperNew. Awareness of these theoretical framework features may be relevant for teaching academic writing.

scholarly journals Paralysed: A Systemic Functional Analysis of James Joyce’s “Eveline”

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-180
Author(s):  
Monika Kavalir
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Stylistic Analysis ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The World

In homage to the work of Uroš Mozetič, the paper takes as its starting point previously developed suggestions about how the language of “Eveline” conveys a picture of the heroine as a passive, paralysed character. Using Hallidayan Systemic Functional Linguistics as a model of stylistic analysis, it investigates the contribution of both the ideational and the interpersonal metafunctions to the meaning of the text. The results extend and amend some ideas from the literature, such as the supposed prevalence of stative verbs, and suggest that while the short story as a whole predominantly uses material processes, their potential for change is mitigated by Joyce’s aspect, tense, and usuality choices. Eveline as the main character crucially has the role of a Senser, observing and internally reacting to the world around her, and even the processes in which she acts upon things and people are modalised and shown to be either hypothetical or instigated by others.

A Social Semiotic Approach to Multimodal Discourse of the Badge of Xi’an Jiaotong University

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 1596
Author(s):  
Yang Yang
Keyword(s):  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Visual Communication ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Multimodal Discourse ◽  
Semiotic Approach ◽  
Literal Expression

Using the school badge of Xi’an Jiaotong University as an example, this article aims to unravel that both literal expression and visual imagery have the ideographic function. The analysis in this article primarily utilizes the theoretical framework of the visual communication grammar, which is developed by Kress & Van Leeuwen from Halliday’s systemic functional linguistics. By analyzing the representational, interactive, and compositional meaning of the school badge, this article shows that school badges have rich connotations and the ability to interpret them should be attached importance. Furthermore, this article aims to make a little contribution to the interpretation of school badges.

Recreating the Image of a “Chaste Wife”: A Multi-functional Analysis of Two Translations of Li Po’s Changgan Xing

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Shilong Tao ◽  
Xi Chen
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Language Translation ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
The Third ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
Making Choices ◽  
English Translations

This article investigates the image of a “chaste wife” recreated in two English translations of ancient Chinese poet Li Po’s Changgan Xing from the perspective of systemic functional linguistics (SFL). Based on three metafunctions of SFL, respectively ideational, interpersonal and textual, the linguistic choices of the poet and translators are measured from the transitivity and text complexity on what the wife does and how she organizes her thoughts; from the mood and modality on how she interacts with her husband, and the theme and rheme on how she unfolds and foregrounds her concerns. Since translating is a process of making choices, the analysis shows that both translations reproduce the first and second level of poetic themes about love in the original poem but lose the third political theme. Besides, Pound tends to follow an imaginative and creative translation, thus recreating a bashful and innocent image of a young “chaste wife” in a direct and explicit way, while Waley aims at literal translation and presents a more courageous and considerate image of a mature “chaste wife” in a relatively complex and implicit way. It is argued that the context of translation, including the translator’s knowledge of the source language, translation strategies and intended readers, plays an important role in the translator’s seemingly unconscious choices of interpreting and presenting poetic themes, thus recreating different images of a same character.

scholarly journals “BÁNH TRÔI NƯỚC” AND THREE ENGLISH VERSIONS OF TRANSLATION: A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL COMPARISON

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoang Van Van
Keyword(s):  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Lexical Choice ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
John Balaban

This paper is concerned with a comparison of the three English versions of translation: “The Floating Cake” translated by John Balaban, “The Cake That Drifts In Water” translated by Huỳnh Sanh Thông and “Floating Sweet Dumpling” translated by Marilyn Chin with the source poem “Bánh trôi nước” by the Vietnamese renowned poetess Hồ Xuân Hương. The theoretical framework employed for analysis and comparison of the texts is systemic functional linguistics. The results show that there are both similarities and differences between the translated versions and the source poem, and between the translated versions in terms of ideational, interpersonal and textual meanings. The results also indicate that there are more differences in lexical choice (the choice of words and groups/phrases) than in syntactic choice (the choice of transitivity, mood, and thematic patterns) between the three translated versions and the original poem, and between the three translated versions.

Interpersonal functions of interjections

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Jing
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
A Minor

Abstract Motivated by the frequent omission of interjections from film subtitles, this study investigates the interpersonal functions of interjections, and seeks to disentangle their meaning relations. Based on the analysis of interjections from six English language films under the theoretical framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), the study primarily classifies the functions of interjections in terms of whether the interjections independently realize moves in exchange. The function of the interjection which realizes a move on its own is described at the semantic stratum in terms of a minor speech function, and the function of the interjection which realizes a move together with a clause is described at the lexicogrammatical stratum in terms of an optional clausal function referred to as a ‘latched function’. The study highlights the distinction between latched functions and their agnate minor speech functions, and offers more delicate accounts of the functions of interjections. It proposes a system network of the minor speech functions, which can facilitate a more systematic analysis of the functions realized by interjections. This study contributes to the SFL description of English interjections, and can offer methodological insights into further research on the functionality of interjections.

Genre and Literacy-Modeling Context in Educational Linguistics

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 141-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
James R. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Spoken Language ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
General Question ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Educational Linguistics ◽  
Literacy Initiatives

Christie (1992), in the previous year's volume of the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, reviewed literacy initiatives in Australia which drew on systemic functional linguistics, focusing on three themes: differences between speech and writing, written genres, and the study of spoken language. This paper is designed to complement her review, highlighting ongoing research within the same general theoretical framework, and focusing on the general question of modeling context in educational linguistics.

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