Prezados alunos e alunas,
Tudo bem?
Eu sou o Professor Marcello de Oliveira Pinto. Estarei com vocês aqui nesta disciplina. Nesta apresentação, vou descrever um pouco o curso que você está iniciando e o que você lê aqui reverbera o que já comentamos em sala.
Organização
A disciplina será ministrada de acordo com o calendário da faculdade. Ao longo dos semestres, faremos os ajustes necessários para que o curso possa se adaptar ao seu contexto.
Recursos didáticos
o material do curso está aqui
Está é a ementa do curso
por aqui focaremos em Discurso: Coesão e textualidade.
Avaliação
Vocês serão avaliados da seguinte forma: Duas notas comporão sua média final (MF).
A primeira (N1) será composta pela soma das (auto)avaliações que vocês farão ao longo do curso, totalizando 10 pontos .
A segunda (N2) será composta por uma avaliação holística da sua performance em sala feita por mim, totalizando também 10 pontos.
A média final será a soma das duas notas e para aprovação imediata é preciso que essa média seja igual ou maior que 7 pontos.
Importante: somente os alunos devidamente inscritos podem participar da disciplina. Caso você não esteja inscrito, por gentileza procurar a secretaria do seu curso. O docente não inclui ou faz a inscrição do aluno na turma.
Qualquer dúvida sobre as médias para aprovação, prova final, o que é o CR, calendário acadêmico e demais regulamentos, visitem o site da UERJ
Bom trabalho!
Material fo the classes of week 7, 8 and 9 in the course plan (7-30 May)
Week 7 – Textual Coherence: Structure and Thematic Progression
Objectives:
- Understand thematic organization and logical idea sequencing.
Thematic Progression and Logical Flow
What Is Thematic Progression?
In Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), thematic progression refers to the way themes (the starting point of a clause) and rhemes (the remainder of the clause) are organized and developed across sentences and paragraphs. This progression ensures that information flows logically, guiding the reader through the text.
Common patterns of thematic progression include:
1. Constant Theme Pattern: The same theme is maintained across successive clauses.
2. Linear Theme Pattern: The rheme of one clause becomes the theme of the next.
3. Split Rheme Pattern: A rheme is divided into multiple parts, each becoming the theme of subsequent clauses.
These patterns help in structuring information in a way that is coherent and easy to follow.
What Is Logical Flow?
Logical flow pertains to the seamless and coherent progression of ideas throughout a text. It ensures that each sentence and paragraph connects naturally to the next, facilitating reader comprehension. Achieving logical flow involves:
– Using appropriate transitional words and phrases.
– Maintaining consistent verb tenses and point of view.
– Organizing ideas in a clear and logical sequence.
Effective logical flow enhances the readability of a text and strengthens the argument or narrative being presented.
Exercises
Textbook Activity: Linking words (Advanced Language Practice, p.167-168).
Read the following text on ‘Stress’. Underline the sentence Themes. Then decide what
you think the author wants us to focus on: what is the purpose of this paragraph?
Stress is a term adopted from engineering science by psychology and medicine. Simply defined, stress in engineering means force upon an area. As so many forces are working upon us in the modern age, and we find it extremely difficult to cope under so much pressure, stress is called the ‘disease of civilisation’. Phillip Zimbardo, traces four interrelated levels at which we react tot e pressure exerted upon us from our environment. The four are: the emotional level the behavioural level, the physiological level, and the cognitive level. The emotional responses to stress are sadness, depression, anger, irritation and frustration. The behavioural responses are poor concentration, forgetfulness, poor interpersonal relations, and lowered productivity. The physiological responses consist of bodily tensions, which may lead to headaches, backaches, stomach ulcers, high blood pressure, and even killer diseases. At the cognitive level one may lose self-‐esteem and self-‐ confidence which leads to feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. At worst, such a person may even end up committing suicide.
(Lily de Silva, One Foot in the World, Wheel Publication, 1986)
Further reading:
Demystifying Halliday’s Metafunctions of Language
WEEK 8 – Textuality: Genres and Communicative Purposes
objectives
- Identify text genres and communicative functions.
- Evaluate grammatical and lexical cohesion.
- Rewrite text segments with cohesive accuracy.
Basic overview
Textuality: The Nature of Texts
In linguistics, textuality refers to the qualities that make a sequence of sentences a coherent and meaningful text. These qualities distinguish a text from a random collection of sentences. Key standards of textuality include cohesion, coherence, intentionality, acceptability, informativity, situationality, and intertextuality. These standards ensure that a text is perceived as a unified whole, facilitating effective communication. Take a look at the video and the pdf below for an overview of the concept and its roots.
link for the video with comments here
the seven standards of textuality
Communicative Purposes: The Intent Behind Texts
Every text is produced with a communicative purpose—the intended function it serves in a given context. This purpose influences the text’s structure, language, and style. For example, a persuasive essay aims to convince the reader of a particular viewpoint, while an instructional manual seeks to guide the reader through specific tasks. Recognizing the communicative purpose is essential for both producing and interpreting texts effectively. and is also imporat to understand…
Genres: Categorizing Texts by Purpose and Form
Genres are categories of texts characterized by specific structures, styles, and communicative purposes. They emerge from recurrent situations and serve particular functions within discourse communities. For instance, a scientific report, a news article, and a personal letter each belong to different genres, each with its own conventions and expectations. Understanding genres involves recognizing these patterns and how they guide both the creation and interpretation of texts.
Integrating Textuality, Genres, and Communicative Purposes
The interplay between textuality, genres, and communicative purposes is central to effective communication. Textuality ensures that a text is coherent and meaningful; genre provides a framework that shapes the text’s structure and style; and communicative purpose drives the content and intent of the text. Together, these elements enable texts to function appropriately within their specific contexts and for their intended audiences.
Exercises
Textbook Activity: Linking words (Advanced Language Practice, p.169-171).
To go further: Text analysis and discourse
WEEK 9 – EVALUATION
your evaluation can be acessed and done by visiting EXAM.NET
enter the code cTrU9a in the top right corner of the site (chave de exame).
By opening the evaluation, you will have 120 minutes to do it. Follow the instruction os the site.
The evaluation will be open until 31/05/2025