
Yr Athro Tom Bartlett
Senior Lecturer
Ysgol Saesneg, Cyfathrebu ac Athroniaeth
- bartlettt@cardiff.ac.uk
- 3.64, John Percival Building, Colum Drive, Cathays, Cardiff
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I am a member of the Centre for Language and Communication Research.
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I have been at Cardiff since 2007 and specialise in teaching and researching discourse analysis and functional grammar. I am Course Director of the MA programme in Applied Linguistics and the Deputy Director of Studies with responsibility for Postgraduate and First Year Undergraduate affairs.
I have worked variously as an English language teacher in Scotland, Spain, Costa Rica and the US; a freelance lexicographer in the UK; a consultant on Mayan language/Spanish dictionaries in Mexico; an advisor to the Media Monitoring Unit in Guyana; a translator for the UNHCR in Costa Rica; and as a lecturer and head of department in a small university in the US.
I carried out my doctoral fieldwork in Guyana, where I was looking at discourse between local Amerindian communities and governmental and international bodies.
My research brought together Systemic Functional Linguistics, discourse analysis, and social and ethnographic approaches to language study, all of which are well represented in the Centre for Language and Communication Research.
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2021
- Ylanne, V., Aldridge-Waddon, M., Spilioti, T. and Bartlett, T. 2021. Managing information, interaction and team building in nurse shift-change handovers: a case study. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice 16(1), pp. 51-75.
- Lloyd, H., Bartlett, T., Aldridge-Waddon, M., Spilioti, T. and Ylanne, V. 2021. Opening up space for compassion in nurses' handover meetings. Communication and Medicine 16(3), pp. 224-237. (10.1558/cam.38920)
2020
- Bartlett, T., Ylanne, V., Spilioti, T. and Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2020. Nursing handovers as unbounded and scalar events. Applied Linguistics Review 12(3), pp. 401-418. (10.1515/applirev-2019-0135)
2019
- Bartlett, T. and O'Grady, G. 2019. Language characterology and textual dynamics: a crosslinguistic exploration in English and Scottish Gaelic. Acta Linguistica Hafniensia 51(2), pp. 124-159. (10.1080/03740463.2019.1650607)
- Spilioti, T., Aldridge-Waddon, M., Bartlett, T. and Ylanne, V. 2019. Conceptualizing language awareness in healthcare communication: The case of nurse shift-change handover meetings. Language Awareness 28(3), pp. 207-226. (10.1080/09658416.2019.1636803)
2018
- Bartlett, T. 2018. Rethinking (context of) culture in systemic functional linguistics. In: Sellami-Baklouti, A. and Fontaine, L. eds. Perspectives from Systemic Functional Linguistics. Routledge Studies in Linguistics New York and London: Routledge, pp. 26-46.
- Bartlett, T., Montessori, N. M. and Lloyd, H. 2018. Contesting key terms and concepts in the civil sphere. A Neo-Gramscian analysis of language awareness. In: Garrett, P. and Cots, J. M. eds. Routledge Handbook of Language Awareness. Routledge, pp. 482-498.
- Bartlett, T. 2018. Positive discourse analysis. In: Flowerdew, J. and Richardson, J. E. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies. Routledge, pp. 133-148.
2017
- O'Grady, G. N. and Bartlett, T. A. M. 2017. Looking ahead: SFL in the 21st Century.. In: Bartlett, T. A. M. and O'Grady, G. N. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Systemic Functional Linguistics. Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics London and New York: Routledge
- Bartlett, T. and O'Grady, G. eds. 2017. The Routledge handbook of systemic functional linguistics. Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics. Abingdon and New York: Routledge.
- Bartlett, T. A. M. 2017. Context in SFL: towards scalar supervenience?. In: Bartlett, T. A. M. and O'Grady, G. N. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Systemic Functional Linguistics. Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics London and New York: Routledge
- Bartlett, T. A. M. and O'Grady, G. N. 2017. Introduction: reading SFL.. In: Bartlett, T. A. M. and O'Grady, G. N. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Systemic Functional Linguistics. Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics London and New York: Routledge
- Bartlett, T. A. M. and Singh, J. N. 2017. Negotiating sustainability across scales: community organising in the Outer Hebrides. AILA Review 30(1), pp. 50-71. (10.1075/aila.00003.sin)
- Bartlett, T. and Altameemi, Y. 2017. Negotiating intervention: shifting signifiers in the UK's response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria. 10plus1 | Living Linguistics 3, pp. 67-86.
2016
- Bartlett, T. A. M. 2016. Phasal dynamism and the unfolding of meaning as text. English Text Construction 9(1), pp. 143-164. (10.1075/etc.9.1.08bar)
2015
- Bartlett, T. A. M. 2015. Multiscalar modelling of context: some questions raised by the category of mode. In: Bowcher, W. L. and Yameng Liang, J. eds. Society in Language, Language in Society Essays in Honour of Ruqaiya Hasan. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 166-183.
2013
- Bartlett, T. A. M. 2013. 'I'll Manage the Context': Context, environment and the potential for institutional change. In: Fontaine, L. M., Bartlett, T. A. M. and O'Grady, G. N. eds. Systemic Functional Linguistics: Exploring Choice. Functional Linguistics Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 342-364.
- Fontaine, L. M., Bartlett, T. A. M. and O'Grady, G. N. eds. 2013. Systemic functional linguistics: Exploring choice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- O'Grady, G. N., Bartlett, T. A. M. and Fontaine, L. M. eds. 2013. Choice in language: Applications in text analysis. Functional Linguistics. London and Oakville: Equinox.
- Bartlett, T. A. M. 2013. An invitation to the feast: voice and choice in English as a lingua franca. In: Erling, E. J. and Seargeant, P. eds. English and international development: policy, pedagogy and globalization. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, pp. 163-181.
2012
- Bartlett, T. A. M. 2012. Lay metalanguage on grammatical variation and neutrality in Wikipedia's entry for Che Guevara. Text and Talk 32(6), pp. 681-701. (10.1515/text-2012-0032)
- Bartlett, T. A. M. 2012. Hybrid voices and collaborative change: Contextualising positive discourse analysis. Routledge Critical Studies in Discourse. London and New York: Routledge.
2011
- Bartlett, T. A. M. 2011. William McGregor: An introduction to linguistics [Book Review]. Functions of Language 18(1), pp. 119-129.
2010
- Bartlett, T. A. M. 2010. Functional motivations for "passive" constructions in Scottish Gaelic. Presented at: 36th International Systemic Functional Congress, Beijing, China, 14-18 July 2009 Presented at Yan, F. and Canzhong, W. eds.Challenges to Systemic Functional Linguistics: Theory and Practice. Proceedings of the 36th International Systemic Functional Congress. Beijing: 36th ISFC Organizing Committee pp. 388-395.
- Bartlett, T. A. M. 2010. Towards an Interventionist CDA. In: Coffin, C., Lillis, T. and O'Halloran, K. eds. Applied Linguistic Methods: A Reader. Milton Keynes: Open University, pp. 150-165.
2009
- Bartlett, T. A. M. 2009. Legitimacy, Comprehension and Empathy: The Importance of Recontextualisation in Intercultural Negotiations. European Journal of English Studies 13(2), pp. 5-13.
2008
- Bartlett, T. A. M. 2008. Wheels within wheels, or triangles within triangles: Time and context in positioning theory. In: Moghaddam, F. M., Harré, R. and Lee, N. eds. Global Conflict Resolution through Positioning Analysis. Peace Psychology Book Series New York: Springer, pp. 169-188.
- Bartlett, T. A. M. 2008. Agency in Cardiff and IFG: competition or collaboration?. Presented at: 35th International Systemic Functional Congress, Sydney, Australia, 21-25 July 2008 Presented at Wu, C., Matthiessen, C. and Herke, M. eds.Proceedings of ISFC 35: Voices around the World. Sydney: International Systemic Functional Congress pp. 155-160.
- Erling, E. and Bartlett, T. A. M. 2008. Making space for us: German graduate student voices in English. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching 2(2), pp. 174-188.
- Rothbart, D. and Bartlett, T. A. M. 2008. Rwandan radio broadcasts and Hutu/Tutsi positioning. In: Moghaddam, F. M., Harré, R. and Lee, N. eds. Global Conflict Resolution through Positioning Analysis. Peace Psychology Book Series New York: Springer, pp. 227-246.
2005
- Bartlett, T. A. M. 2005. Amerindian development in Guyana: Legal documents as background to discourse practice. Discourse and Society 16(3), pp. 341-364. (10.1177/0957926505051169)
2004
- Bartlett, T. A. M. 2004. Mapping distinction: towards a systemic representation of power in language. In: Young, L. and Harrison, C. eds. Systemic Functional Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis: Studies in Social Change. Continuum, pp. 68-84.
Overview
My disciplinary areas of expertise are: Critical Discourse Analysis; Positive Discourse Analysis; Linguistic Anthropology; Systemic Functional Linguistics; English Grammar; Gaelic Grammar; Genre Analysis; and Intercultural Genre Studies. My research is centred on the relationship between contexts of discourse and the language used by different social and cultural groups, an approach which brings together ethnographic approaches to discourse analysis and detailed descriptions of grammatical features within a functional framework. At the social end of the scale, I am particularly interested in the workings of participatory democracy. My work focuses on negotiations between local populations and governmental and non-governmental organisations with the aim of developing strategies for more effective participation and collaboration.
I am on the Peer Review Group for the ESRC Global Challenges Research Fund.
My current research in this area is brought together in Sustainability on the Edge, an ongoing project into the discourses around social and environmental sustainability in Europe, with a particular focus on the Western Isles of Scotland. The project has received ESRC Impact Accelerator Funding. At present I am working with two post-doctoral students, Harriet Lloyd and Jaspal Singh, to complete an integrated set of papers on polycentricity, scales and the use of contrasting chronotopes (space/timeframes) by different social actors within the discourse of sustainability. The research relates these differences to sociomaterial differences and explores the potential for integrating this diversity into a collaborative framework of discourse. This research extends the approach developed in Hybrid Voices and Collaborative Change: Situating Positive Discourse Analysis (Routledge 2012), my case study of discourse between local Amerindian communities in Guyana, South America, and governmental and non-governmental bodies.
As an extension of this area of research I have recently submitted, as PI, a bid for £2.5m Horizon 2020 funding within the area Cultural Heritage of Coastal and Maritime Regions. The proposal brings together a consortium of researchers and SMEs from eight countries and sets out a method for integrating scientific, experiential and traditional indigenous knowledge to enhance participatory decision-making between coastal communities and policy-makers at different scales, as well as within and between the communities themselves.
In a separate project I am PI on a project bringing together a team of academics from the Centre for Language and Communication Research and researchers and healthcare professionals from the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB). The project is investigating on-ward management and the bottom-up development of good practice within an enabling environment. Outputs from this project will provide input for training and policy within ABUHB. The project has received ESRC Impact Accelerator Funding.
From the perspective of linguistic theory, my work aims to integrate the theory and methods of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) into broader currents in critical theory and social and ethnographic linguistics. As well as my own work in this field, I am a founding editor of a series with Equinox, Text and Social Context, which aims to publish work exploring the connections between context and language both theoretically and through case studies. I am currently working with my colleague Gerard O'Grady to extend the SFL description of information structure and text development both in scope and detail. We established an international round table on information structure across languages (Cardiff 2014, Namur 2016). The inaugural event in Cardiff obtained full funding from the journal Language Learning, and the proceedings were developed and published in English Text and Context 9(1). We are currently working on a two-volume theoretical work, The Language Dynamic, which aims to provide a unified and multiscalar account of the dynamics of language production and development from the grammar through text to discourse. I am also working on functional descriptions of Scottish Gaelic Grammar, including information structure as well as the form and functions of 'passive' and 'existential' constructions.
I am one of the founders of the research network, LinC, which has run four Summer Schools in Systemic Functional Linguistics (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) and organises extracurricular seminars during the academic year.
Research interests
- Critical approaches to Discourse Analysis (with a particular interest in intercultural negotiation and participatory democracy);
- text and social context;
- Systemic Functional Linguistics;
- functional descriptions of Scottish Gaelic grammar.
Funding obtained
Full funding (£6k) was obtained from the journal Language Learning for a multi-institution Round Table on Communicative Dynamism held in September 2014.
Two separate ESRC Impact Accelerator Accounts of £3k: Sustainability on the Edge and Multiple Roles and Goals in Nursing Handovers.
£72k over six years from Banco de Santander for research events and postgraduate support.
Supervision
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of::
- Systemic Functional Linguistics
- Critical Discoure Analysis and Discourse Theory
- Discourses of Sustainability and Community Management
- Functional Descriptions of Scottish Gaelic
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Past projects
Supervisor:
Ben Clarke SFL Description of Ellipsis awarded 2012
Jie Liu English Reading Strategies of Chinese MA Students awarded 2012
Sam Austen Conceptual Transfer in Italian Learners of English awarded 2016