Considerações sobre a organização do texto e da instanciação sob a perspectiva sistêmico-funcional
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-460X202440159824Keywords:
systemic functional linguistics, instantiation, system dynamics, text modelling, registerAbstract
The paper departs from instantiation to explore text in relation to the quantitative properties of language – more specifically how probability plays a part in the matching of an instance and a particular socially-oriented use. Such matching not only bridges between instantiation and stratification, but also helps explaining how different context configurations (patterns of register and genre) are accordingly related to steps in subpotentialization. The fact that language is an inherently probabilistic system may yield a quantitative account of this process if a more complete modelling of language is to be obtained. As part of our exploration, we compiled a corpus of procedures and applied dynamics modelling to tease out quantitative properties of instances associated with context. We described some properties of instantiation – reweighting, association and dynamics – which determine the probabilities of an instance configuration as they also behave following register variation. The paper goes on to show quantitatively how the process of subpotentialization is obtained, leading up to a complementary definition of ‘text’ as a probable unit of instantiation.
References
Beaugrande, R. de. (1997). Society, education, linguistics and language: inclusion and exclusion in theory and practice. Linguistics and Education, 9(2), 99-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0898-5898(97)90011-5
Ellis, J., & Ure, J. (1969). Language varieties: register. In A.R. Meetham, & R. Hudson (Eds.), Encyclopaedia of Linguistics, Information, and Control (pp. 251-259). Pergamon Press.
Firth, J.R. (1957). Modes of Meaning. In Palmer, F.R. (Ed.), Papers in Linguistics. Oxford University Press.
Halliday, M.A.K. (1978). Ideas about language. Journal of the Sydney University Arts Association, Sydney, 11, 20-38.
Halliday, M.A.K. (1991). Towards probabilistic interpretations. In Elija Ventola (Ed.), Functional and Systemic Linguistics: approaches and uses (pp. 39-61). De Gruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110883527
Halliday, M.A.K. (1992). How do you mean?. In M. Davies, & L. Ravelli (Eds.), Advances in Systemic Linguistics: Recent Theory and Practice (pp. 20-25). Pinter Publishers.
Halliday, M.A.K., & James, Z.L. (1993). A quantitative study of polarity and primary tense in the English finite clause. In J. Sinclair, M. Hoey, & G. Fox (Eds.), Techniques of description: Spoken and written discourse (pp. 32-66). Routledge.
Halliday, M.A.K. (2005). On matter and meaning: the two realms of human experience. Linguistics & the Human Sciences, 1(1), 59-82. https://doi.org/10.1558/lhs.2005.1.1.59
Halliday, M.A.K., & McIntosh, A. (1966). Patterns of language: papers in general, descriptive and applied linguistics. Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd.
Halliday, M.A.K., & Hasan, R. (1976). Cohesion in English. Longman.
Hipp, J., Güntzer, U., & Nakhaeizadeh, G. (2000). Algorithms for association rule mining: a general survey and comparison. ACM sigkdd explorations newsletter, 2(1), 58-64. https://doi.org/10.1145/360402.360421
Lemke, J. (1985). Ideology, intertextuality, and the notion of register. In J. Benson, & W. Greaves (Eds.), Systemic Perspectives on Discourse (pp. 275-294). Ablex Publishing.
Lemke, J. (1989). Making text talk. Theory into practice, 28(2), 136-141. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405848909543392
Lemke, J. (1991). Text Production and Dynamic Text Semantics. In Elija Ventola (Ed.), Functional and Systemic Linguistics: approaches and uses (pp. 23-38). Mouton de Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110883527
Lemke, J. (1995). Intertextuality and text semantics. In P. Fries, & M. Gregory (Eds.), Discourse in society: Systemic functional perspectives (pp. 85-114). Ablex Publising.
Lukin, A., Moore, A., Herke, M., Wegner, R., & Wu, C. (2008). Halliday’s model of register revisited and explored. Linguistics & the Human Sciences, 4(2), 187-243. http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/lhs.v4i2.187
Martin, J.R. (1992). English Text: System and structure. John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/z.59
Martin, J.R. (2008). Tenderness: Realisation and instantiation in a Botswanan Town. Odense Working Papers in Language and Communication, 29, 30-58.
Martin, J.R., & Christie, F. (1997). Genre and Institutions: Social Processes in the Workplace and School. Cassell.
Martin, J.R., & Rose, D. (2008). Genre Relations: Mapping Culture. Equinox.
Martin, J.R. (2009). Realisation, instantiation and individuation: some thoughts on identity in youth justice conferencing. D.E.L.T.A., Especial, 549-583. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-44502009000300002
Martin, J.R. (2015). Meaning beyond the clause: Co-textual relations. Linguistics and the human sciences, 1(2-3), 203-235. https://doi.org/10.1558/lhs.34711
Matthiessen, C.M.I.M. (1993). Register in the round: diversity in a unified theory of register analysis. In Mohsen Ghadessy (Ed.), Register analysis: theory and practice (pp. 221-292). Pinter.
Matthiessen, C.M.I.M. (2015). Register in the round: registerial cartography. Functional Linguistics, 2(1), 1-48. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40554-015-0015-8
Nacional, Editora (2011). Dona Benta: Comer bem. Editora Nacional.
Nesbitt, C., & Plum, G. (1988). Probabilities in a systemic-functional grammar: The clause complex in English. New developments in systemic linguistics, 2, 6-38.
Neumann, S. (2012). Applying register analysis to varieties of English. In Anglistentag 2011 Freiburg Proceedings (pp. 75-94). Microsoft Word - Sektion I_WVT.docx (researchgate.net) (accessed 21 April, 2022).
Neumann, S. (2013). Contrastive Register Variation: A Quantitative Approach to the Comparison of English and German. De Gruyter Mouton.
Oliveira, F. S. (2022). O discurso do autocuidado em saúde: uma descrição de gêneros na covariação experto-leigo [Tese de doutorado]. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
Painter, C. (1999). Learning through Language in Early Childhood. Cassell.
Plum, G., & Cowling, A. (1987). Social constraints on grammatical variables: Tense choice in English. In R. Steele & T. Threadgold (Eds.) Language Topics: Essays in honour of Michael Halliday (pp. 281-306). John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/z.lt2
Rose, D. (2019). Selecting & Analysing Texts. Reading to Learn.
Saioro, R. S. B. B. (2021). A construção do discurso científico: os gêneros do discurso científico no português brasileiro [Dissertação de mestrado]. Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto.
Tudo Gostoso Internet Ltda. (2020). Tudo Gostoso. https://www.tudogostoso.com.br/ Accessed 23 July 2020.
Van Dijk, T. A. (1997). The Study of Discourse. In T. A. van Dijk (Ed.), Discourse as Structure and Process (pp. 1-34). SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446221884
Zappavigna, M., & Martin, J.R. (2018). Discourse and Diversionary Justice: An Analysis of Youth Justice Conferencing. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63763-1
