Sumários
Workshop 3: text analysis
8 Outubro 2021, 09:30 • Carlos Gouveia
Continuation of the previous workshop. Textual deduction of the situational contexts of the nine sample texts. Aspects of Register variation. Filling in of a table with the Register information of each unit.
Workshop 2: text analysis
1 Outubro 2021, 09:30 • Carlos Gouveia
Analysis of nine sample texts. Differences in lexical density values between spoken and written texts in five of the nine sample. Textual deduction of the contexts of the nine sample texts.
Lecture 4: The framework for the course: systemic functional linguistics and genre pedagogy.
28 Setembro 2021, 09:30 • Carlos Gouveia
Systemic Functional Linguistics as both a theory of grammatical description and an analytical model for the analysis of texts. The functions of language and how these reflect the needs of the speaker. Context deduction and text prediction.
Workshop 1: Practical applications of the theoretical grounding discussed in the lectures.
24 Setembro 2021, 09:30 • Carlos Gouveia
Discussion of Becher (1989). Work with nine sample texts on the differences between spoken and written language. Lexical density and grammatical intricacy in the sample texts as a means to distinguish texts in a continuum between spoken and written.
Lecture 3: Academic literacy and vertical discourse
21 Setembro 2021, 09:30 • Carlos Gouveia
The notion of literacy. Academic literacy and professional development. Bernstein’s notions of horizontal and vertical discourse. Academic discourse as vertical discourse. Horizontal knowledge structures and hierarchical knowledge structures in vertical discourse: the social sciences and the humanities vs the sciences.