The reception of Halliday’s “An introduction to functional grammar” in Brazilian periodicals (1985-2004)

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/soletras.2025.90054

Keywords:

Linguistic Historiography., Reception, Halliday, Systemic-Functional Grammar

Abstract

Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday (1925-2018) was an important linguist, whose ideas traveled the world, especially after the release of An Introduction To Functional Grammar, in 1985, in which the author presents the multifunctional conception of language. Given this assumption, we set up the following problem: how do Brazilian periodicals (1985-2004) present the ideas defended by M.A.K Halliday? From this, this study, based on the methods and interpretative proposals of Linguistic Historiography, seeks to analyze the reception of Halliday's Systemic-Functional Grammar (1985;1994) in the periodicals: Revista Ilha do Desterro and Revista Delta, responsible for the initial propagation of the ideas linguistics of the aforementioned theorist. This work is based on Swiggers (2012) regarding the categories of content and context as correlative dimensions in Linguistic Historiography research; in Altman (2003), on the mechanisms of production and reception of ideas that contribute to the formulation of linguistic knowledge; and in Murray (1994), on rhetoric of continuity and rhetoric of rupture. The analyzes show that Halliday's ideas were already circulating in the Brazilian scene, but the first mentions of Systemic-Functional Grammar (1985) are found in articles published in Revista Ilha do Desterro by Carmen Rosa Caldas-Couthard, Tim Jhons and Muriel Havel de Vasconcellos , in 1992.

Author Biographies

Gerson Teixeira, UEAP/ Teacher

PhD student in Linguistics at the Federal University of Paraíba (PROLING/UFPB). Master in Literature from the State University of Piauí (UESPI). Specialist in Educational Management from the Federal University of Piauí (UFPI); in Applied Linguistics from the Faculty Entre Rios do Piauí (FAERPI) and in Literature and Other Languages ​​from the Faculty of Science and Technology of Teresina (FACET). Graduated in Pedagogy and Literature - Portuguese from the State University of Piauí (UESPI). Graduated in Literature - Libras from Centro Universitário Leonardo da Vinci (UNIASSELVI). Assistant Professor belonging to the Collegiate of Letters of the State University of Amapá (UEAP), with exclusive dedication. He is part of the following research groups: Language, Language and Society (UEAP/CNPQ), Systemic, Environments and Languages ​​(SAL/UFSM/CNPQ) and Investigative Professional Contexts of Systemic-Functional Linguistics (CPI/UFPB). His research interests fall within the following themes: Systemic-Functional Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Reading and Metacognition, Discourse Analysis, Grammar Teaching, Historiography of Linguistics, Educational Management and Teacher Training

 

Luan Brito, INSTITUTO FEDERAL DA PARAÍBA (IFPB) / TEACHEER

PhD in Letters from the State University of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN). Master of Arts from the same institution. Specialist in Language Sciences with an emphasis on Teaching Portuguese, from the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB). Graduated in Literature from the State University of Paraíba (UEPB). His research interests revolve around the area of ​​Linguistics, especially with regard to Applied Linguistics, Textual Linguistics and other theoretical aspects that support investigations into the teaching of the Portuguese Language and allow critical and functionalist approaches to linguistic uses in contemporary society. He is also interested in studying and teaching Academic Writing. He has taught in elementary school, regular high school and Youth and Adult Education classes, as well as teaching integrated technical courses at the secondary level at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN). He is currently an effective professor of Portuguese Language and Brazilian Literature at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Paraíba (IFPB)

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Published

2025-04-30

Issue

No. 51 (2025): Historical Perspectives in Linguistic-Grammatical Studies

Section

Dossiê 51: Perspectivas históricas nos estudos linguístico-gramaticais

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