Cate Poynton

Catherine "Cate" McKean Poynton (1942 – 2021) was an Australian linguist known for her contributions to systemic functional linguistics. Her work focused on the relationship between language, gender, and social relations.^[1] Poynton was a pioneer in the description of tenor and interpersonal meaning, which later became foundational to the development of the appraisal framework.^[2][3][4]

She held appointments at the University of South Australia, and at Western Sydney University.^[1]

Bibliography

• Poynton, Cate. "Names as vocatives: Forms and functions." Nottingham Linguistic Circular 13. 1984: 1-34.
• Poynton, Cate. Language and Gender: Making the Difference. Deakin University. 1985.
• Poynton, Cate. "Terms of address in Australian English." Australian English: the language of a new society. 1989: 55–69.
• Poynton, Cate. Address and the semiotics of social relations: A systemic-functional account of address forms and practices in Australian English. PhD thesis. University of Sydney, 1990.
• Poynton, Cate. "Grammar, language and the social: Poststructuralism and systemic-functional linguistics." Social Semiotics 3.1. 1993: 1-21.
• Poynton, Cate. "Naming women’s workplace skills’." Pink Collar Blues: Work, Gender and Technology, Melbourne University Press.1993.
• Poynton, Cate. "Amplification as a grammatical prosody: attitudinal modification in the nominal group." Advances in Discourse Processes 57. 1996: 211–228.
• Poynton, Cate. "Chapter 6: Giving Voice” Counterpoints. Vol. 29, Pedagogy, Technology, and the Body. 1996: 103–112
• Poynton, Cate. "Language, difference and identity: Three perspectives." Literacy and Numeracy Studies 7.1. 1997: 7-24.
• Macarthur, Sally & Cate Poynton (eds). Musics and feminisms. Australian Music Centre. 1999
• Poynton, Cate. "Talking like a girl." Musics and Feminisms. 1999: 119–128.
• Lee, Alison & Cate Poynton (eds). Culture & text: discourse and methodology in social research and cultural studies. Allen & Unwin, 2000
• Poynton, Cate. ‘Linguistics and Discourse Analysis’ in Lee and Poynton 2000: 19–39
• Poynton, Cate, and Alison Lee. "Chapter Two. Debating Appraisal: On Networks and Names". Making a Difference: Challenges for Applied Linguistics (2009): 21.
• Poynton, Cate, and Alison Lee. "Affect-ing discourse: towards an embodied discourse analytics." Social Semiotics 21.5. 2011: 633–644.
• West, Lorraine, Alison Lee, and Cate Poynton. "Becoming depressed at work: A study of worker narratives." Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health 27.3. 2012: 196–212.
• Poynton, Cate. "The privileging of representation and the marginalising of the interpersonal: a metaphor (and more) for contemporary gender relations." Feminine, Masculine and Representation. Routledge, 2020. 231–255.