Systemic Functional Linguistics and the Arabic MT Learner: An Analytical Study
VOLUME 22, 2025
The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review
VOLUME 6, 2023
Sally Abdullah Saleh Alghamdi
Abstract
This study critically examines the application of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) to the analysis of Arabic language, discourse, and pedagogy in earlier research. Previous research has shown that Arabic can be analyzed as a meaning-oriented linguistic system organized around ideational, interpersonal and textual metafunctions, with necessary adaptations to account for its typological features (Bardi, 2008; Halliday & Matthiessen, 2004). Research on Arabic discourse has further linked SFL to the analysis of Theme-Rheme organization, register variation and textual meaning across a range of genres, including religious, media, and academic texts (Alamiri, 2018, 2020; Aziz, 1988; Potter, 2016). This review synthesizes research on pedagogical applications of SFL, particularly genre-based pedagogy with applications in English-Arabic translation education in sight. Analyses indicate that explicit, meaning–focused instruction grounded in SFL can enhance learners’ understanding of how texts construct meaning and can lead to improved outcomes and literacy in translation contexts (Alshalan & Alyousef, 2025; Alshalan & Alyousef, 2020; Feez, 2002; Rose & Martin, 2012). However, despite extensive descriptive and pedagogical research, relatively little work has integrated systemic functional description of Arabic with pedagogical practices in Arabic-medium language education. This review therefore, highlights the need for further research that connects SFL theory with teaching practices that make genre, register, and metafunctions explicit for Arabic-speaking learners.
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Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.
Abstract
Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
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Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty