The system of conjunction in academic texts: the mechanisms of sequencing and explanation

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2176148520209

Keywords:

Discourse analysis, Conjunction system, Sequencing, Explanation, Academic texts

Abstract

Among the six discursive systems proposed by Martin and Rose (2007 [2003]), the system of Conjunction makes it possible to analyze the relationships within the processes of a text based on the four general types of conjunction: addition, comparison, time and consequence. Using samples from texts in the Systemics Across Languages – SAL corpus, our objective in this study is to observe how the conjunctive relationships are characterized in academic texts, focusing on the lexico-grammatical instances of sequencing and explanation, as a way of exploring academic texts in four distinct modes: undergraduate article, concluding undergraduate work, Master’s thesis, and Doctoral dissertation. The main objective is to explore how the mechanisms are organized at the four academic levels, and what these mechanisms reveal about text production, providing support for other studies on academic genres and texts, which can then be used at the basis for academic literacy proposals, primarily aimed at researchers in training and their text production, as well as teaching writing

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Author Biographies

Orlando Vian Jr., Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN

Professor associado atuando no Departamento de Letras/Inglês e no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras, área de Estudos Linguísticos, da Universidade Federal de São Paulo, campus de Guarulhos. É mestre (1997) e doutor (2002) em Lingüística Aplicada e Estudos da Linguagem pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. Desenvolveu estágio pós-doutoral sob supervisão de Antoneita Celani na PUC-SP (2010) e sob supervisão de James R. Martin na Universidade de Sydney, Austrália (2014). Foi professor na graduação e pós-graduação em Linguística Aplicada e Estudos da Linguagem da PUC-SP e Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. 

Wellington Vieira Mendes, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, Açu, RN

Wellington Vieira Mendes é doutorado ndo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos da Linguagem (PPeL/UFRN), com estágio sanduíche na Universidade de Lisboa.

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Published

2015-10-27

How to Cite

Vian Jr., O., & Mendes, W. V. (2015). The system of conjunction in academic texts: the mechanisms of sequencing and explanation. Letras, (50), 163–186. https://doi.org/10.5902/2176148520209