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The empire strikes back: a genre and register analysis of an interview with a nine-year-old child

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyze an interview with a nine-year-old child through the lens of the Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) framework, as outlined in Suzanne Eggins’ An Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics (2004). The interview focuses on a movie the interviewee had just watched, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back . While SFG encompasses a wide range of concepts, this article will concentrate on the analysis of Genre, Register, Transitivity, Mood, and Modality. Through this examination, it is possible to perceive choices and meaning the participants conveyed, which are shaped by the context of their interaction and the genre of movie review. This article offers insight into how social relations are constructed within such interactions.

Source: Dito Efeito - Revista de Comunicação da UTFPR

DOI: 10.3895/rde.v16n27.19734

Authors: Isabel Tomaselli Borba, Juliane Polo Terres, Marta Botelho Lira

Institutions: Universidade Federal do Paraná, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná

Language: English

Topic: Discourse Analysis in Language Studies

Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7119921818

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