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Leila Barbara

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Leila Barbara (April 9, 1938 – June 2, 2024) was a Brazilian linguist known for her work in applied linguistics and systemic functional linguistics, of which she was considered a pioneer in Brazil.[1][2]

Biography

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Barbara was born in 1938.[3][4] She attended the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), graduating with a degree in Anglo-Germanic literature in 1960 and a doctorate in English in 1971.[5]

Beginning in 1965, she was a longtime professor at PUC-SP, where she helped found the school's applied linguistics program.[6] She worked in various areas of linguistics, particularly systemic functional linguistics, with an emphasis on Brazilian Portuguese, though she also studied English and Spanish.[5][7] She served as dean of the university from 1988 to 1992.[6]

Barbara died in 2024, in São Paulo.[6]

Selected works

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Books

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  • Sintaxe transformacional do modo verbal (1975)
  • Reflections on Language Learning (edited with Mike Scott, 1994)
  • Reflexão e Ações no Ensino-Aprendizagem de Línguas (organized with Rosinda de Castro Guerra Ramos, 2003)
  • Textos e Linguagem acadêmica: explorações sistêmico-funcionais em espanhol e português (organized with Estela Moyano)
  • Estudos e pesquisas em Linguística Sistêmico-Funcional (organized with Adail Sebastião Rodrigues-Júnior and Giovanna Hoy)

Articles and chapters

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  • "A Survey of Communication Patterns in the Brazilian Business Context" (with M. Antonieta A. Celani, Heloisa Collins e Mike Scott, 1996)
  • "Homing in on a genre: invitations for bids" (with Mike Scott, 1999)
  • "It is not there, but [it] is cohesive: the case of pronominal ellipsis of subject in Portuguese" (with Carlos A. M. Gouveia, 2001)
  • "Marked or unmarked, that is not the question. The question is: where's the theme?" (with Carlos A. M. Gouveia, 2004)
  • "Linguística Sistêmico-Funcional para a Análise de Discurso: um panorama introdutório" (with Célia de Macêdo, 2009)
  • "A representação de Dilma Rousseff pela mídia impressa brasileira: analisando os processos verbais" (with Maria Carmen Aires Gomes, 2010)
  • "Engajamento na perspectiva linguística sistêmico-funcional em trabalhos de conclusão de curso de Letras" (with Maria Otília Ninin, 2013)

References

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  1. ^ Heberle, Viviane M. (January–March 2018). "Apontamentos sobre linguística sistêmico-funcional, contexto de situação e transitividade com exemplos de livros de literatura infantil". DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada (in Portuguese). 34: 81–112. doi:10.1590/0102-445081591698601009. ISSN 0102-4450.
  2. ^ "Leila Barbara". Labgram (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  3. ^ "Leila Barbara Brazilian linguist". Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  4. ^ "Profa. Leila Bárbara: comunidade é convidada para a missa de 7º dia". Jornal PUC-SP (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-06-05. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  5. ^ a b "Leila Barbara". Biblioteca Virtual da FAPESP (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  6. ^ a b c "Luto: profa. Leila Bárbara, ex-reitora da PUC-SP". Jornal PUC-SP (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-06-03. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  7. ^ Bargiela-Chiappini, Francesca (2009-05-12). Handbook of Business Discourse. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-3183-4.