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A discourse analysis of six stories based on the thematic progression factor: Halliday and Matthiessen's functional grammar approach (2014) [PDF]

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1. Introduction Achieving successful communication in language involves the writer's organization of meaning as messages in clauses and texts, and the reader's identification of them to interpret the messages of the texts appropriately. Therefore, one of
seyed abbas navabi sohi, ferdous aghagolzade, ahmad mohseni   +2 more
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More Than Numbers: Unpacking the Language Demands of Secondary Mathematics Word Problems

Journal of Adolescent &Adult Literacy, Volume 70, Issue 1, July/August 2026.
ABSTRACT Solving mathematics word problems is a complex task, particularly for emergent bilingual students, who must navigate both mathematical reasoning and substantial linguistic complexity. In this study, we developed a codebook to analyze the linguistic features of 40 math word problems from a 9th‐grade Algebra textbook and identified the frequent ...
Peijuan Cao, Ling Hao
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Metaethics and the Functions of Moral Language

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 113, Issue 1, Page 74-87, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Metaethics has long included debates about the function of moral discourse. Some have argued that moral statements express our attitudes, others that they serve as prescriptions for how to act, still others that they describe moral facts or properties.
Amie L. Thomasson
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Visualising the Colonised Other: Representations of Identity and Power in Finnish Textbook Images

Journal of Community &Applied Social Psychology, Volume 36, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT Colonialism persists as a cultural, economic, political and psychological process. Colonial legacies embedded in Europe's landscapes of colonial memory continue to shape how individuals and groups are perceived and positioned in present‐day intergroup relations. Schools and textbooks reproduce these legacies, making it essential to examine how
Inari Sakki, Aino Santavuori
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Multimodal meaning‐making: Exploring cultural expression through digital storytelling for students with dyslexia

Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, Volume 25, Issue 4, Page 1217-1236, October 2025.
Abstract This study examines how digital storytelling (DST) facilitates multimodal composition, enabling students with dyslexia to construct meaning through diverse modes. Framed within the cultural dimension of Green's 3D model and applying a socio‐semiotic approach, the study explores how students integrate their perspectives and cultural backgrounds
Kalliopi Kritsotaki, Susana Castro‐Kemp, Leda Kamenopoulou   +2 more
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IOM's WAKA Well unravelled: A multimodal discourse analysis of an internet‐based migration‐information campaign

International Migration, Volume 63, Issue 3, June 2025.
Abstract Most migration‐information campaigns (MICs) funded by European countries or the European Union (EU) itself, with the collaboration of international and transnational organisations, have been targeting central and western Africa as origin areas for several undocumented migrants.
Gaetano Giancaspro
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The language of alcohol: Similarities and differences in how drinkers and policymakers frame alcohol consumption

Drug and Alcohol Review, Volume 44, Issue 4, Page 1194-1206, May 2025.
Abstract Introduction The primary objective of the paper was to compare semantic domains reported by drinkers and policymakers in their alcohol consumption narratives. The research question was ‘How do drinkers and policymakers use semantic domains to construct alcohol consumption narratives?’.
Emma Moreton, Emma Davies, James Morris, Richard Cooke   +3 more
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Translating Yemeni cartoons into English: A Systemic Functional Linguistics approach

Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2018
This study deals with the problems involving translating Arabic cartoons into English and the strategies that can be adopted by a translator to make them more accessible and more target-audience friendly.
Al-Kenani, Tawffeek Abdou Saeed Mohammed, Felix Banda   +1 more
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Anatomizing Ideology Below the Clause: The Transitivity Analysis of Iqbal’s Mukalma Jibra.īl-o-Iblīs (Gabriel and Lucifer)

University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature, 2023
This paper aims at exploring how ideology is construed in a text and how the text bears significant meaning potentials. Drawing on Systemic-functional Linguistics (Halliday and Matthiessen, 2014), particularly on the Transitivity analysis, it examines ...
Dr. Asifa Qasim
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Engaging culturally and linguistically diverse youth in semiotic analysis for community‐based inquiry

Journal of Adolescent &Adult Literacy, Volume 68, Issue 5, Page 546-557, March/April 2025.
Abstract This manuscript examines multimodal storytelling as community inquiry for an urban high school class of 30 first‐ and second‐generation bi/multilingual immigrant students, most of whom maintained transnational connections. We share how these students, in an A.P. Research class, engaged in community‐based inquiry and utilized various multimodal
Matthew R. Deroo, Daryl Axelrod, Jennifer Kahn   +2 more
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