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5 - Interpersonal Grammar in Tagalog: Assessment Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2021

By
J. R. Martin  and
Priscilla Cruz
Edited by
J. R. Martin ,
Beatriz Quiroz  and
Giacomo Figueredo
J. R. Martin
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
Beatriz Quiroz
Affiliation:
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Giacomo Figueredo
Affiliation:
Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil
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Summary

In this paper we extend work on the interpersonal grammar of Tagalog by focusing on ASSESSMENT resources realised through non-pronominal clitics. From a discourse semantic perspective (Martin & Rose, 2007; Martin & White, 2005), ASSESSMENT is centrally involved in the enactment of ENGAGEMENT, as interlocutors negotiate consensus around propositions and proposals, and the attitudes they inscribe or invoke. The meaning of each assessment clitic is characterised as the basis for the formalisation of this resource in system networks. In addition, the role of assessment clitics in discourse is illustrated through move-by-move analysis of two main texts. The paper concludes with some discussion of SFL’s hierarchy of realisation as far as the description of Tagalog ASSESSMENT resources are concerned.

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engagementassessmentcliticsinterpersonal grammarTagalog
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Interpersonal Grammar
Systemic Functional Linguistic Theory and Description
 , pp. 130 - 159
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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