DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14483/22487085.3772Published:
2011-07-01Issue:
Vol 13, No 2 (2011) July-DecemberSection:
Reflections on PraxisDiscourse intonation and systemic functional phonology
Entonación en el discurso y la fonología sistémico funcional
Keywords:
entonación, tonalidad, tonicidad y tono, entonación del discurso, conversación, enseñanza (es).Keywords:
intonation, tonality, tonicity and tone, discourse intonation, conversation, teaching (en).Downloads
Abstract (en)
This paper is a reflection on praxis which addresses the phonological stratum as an integral part of the language system. As EFL teacher trainers, we often find that students isolate the different meaning-creating components of language as a natural result of the way courses are organized at university level. It is in the spirit of helping students integrate the various aspects of language and context that we have set out to compare David Brazil, Malcolm Coulthard and Catherine Johns’s Discourse Intonation model –which we have been working with for more than ten years– with the intonation approach in Systemic Functional Linguistics, by M.A.K. Halliday and William Greaves. We observe the theoretical similarities between the two approaches in order to see how they may supplement one another. Then, we analyse a conversation taken from a film following both theoretical approaches, and draw conclusions in the light of the comparison. Our preliminary results show that the two approaches explain the meanings conveyed with reference to different meaning-making resources. Brazil et al. explain the meanings at risk in the interaction according to the phonological systems they describe (prominence, tone, key and termination). Halliday and Greaves do so by referring to the phonological and lexico-grammatical strata in combination.
Abstract (es)
Este trabajo es una reflexión sobre la práctica que estudia el estrato fonológico como parte integral del sistema de la lengua. Como docentes de Profesorado de Inglés como lengua extranjera, a menudo observamos que los estudiantes tienden a aislar los diferentes elementos lingüísticos que componen el significado de la lengua como consecuencia natural del modo en el que se segmentan los contenidos en los cursos universitarios. Con el objetivo de contribuir a que los estudiantes integren los distintos aspectos del lenguaje y el contexto, nos abocamos a la comparación de los sistemas fonológicos propuestos por David Brazil, Malcolm Coulthard y Catherine Johns –que hemos seguido en los últimos años– y por M.A.K. Halliday y William Greaves. Exploramos las similitudes teóricas de los dos enfoques para evaluar sus contribuciones en vistas a una visión más integrada de la fonología. Por lo tanto, analizamos una conversación tomada de una película según ambos enfoques y llegamos a conclusiones a la luz de la comparación. Nuestros resultados preliminares muestran que ambos enfoques explican los significados transmitidos con referencia a distintos recursos de sentido. Brazil et al. explican los significados en juego en la interacción según los sistemas fonológicos que ellos describen (prominence, tone, key y termination). Halliday y Greaves lo hacen con referencia a una combinación entre los estratos fonológico y léxico-gramatical.
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