Leila Barbara Explained

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

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.^[7] She served as dean of the university from 1988 to 1992.

Barbara died in 2024, in São Paulo.

Selected works

Books

• 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

• "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

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 . pt . 34 . 81–112 . 10.1590/0102-445081591698601009 . 0102-4450. free .
2. Web site: Leila Barbara . 2024-06-29 . Labgram . pt-BR.
3. Web site: Leila Barbara Brazilian linguist . 2024-06-29 . Virtual International Authority File.
4. Web site: 2024-06-05 . Profa. Leila Bárbara: comunidade é convidada para a missa de 7º dia . 2024-06-29 . Jornal PUC-SP . pt-br.
5. Web site: Leila Barbara . 2024-06-29 . Biblioteca Virtual da FAPESP . pt-BR.
6. Web site: 2024-06-03 . Luto: profa. Leila Bárbara, ex-reitora da PUC-SP . 2024-06-29 . Jornal PUC-SP . pt-br.
7. Book: Bargiela-Chiappini, Francesca . Handbook of Business Discourse . 2009-05-12 . Edinburgh University Press . 978-0-7486-3183-4 . en.