Ch 2 Text producers and receivers Flashcards
Discourse event
An act of communication occurring in a specific time and location involving writers/speakers and readers/listeners
Text producer
The person or people responsible (through writing or speaking) for creating text
Text receiver
The person or people interpreting (through reading or listening to) a text
Multi-purpose text
A text that clearly has more then one purpose
Primary purpose
The main and most easily recognisable purpose
Secondary purpose
An additional and perhaps more subtle purpose
Implied reader
A constructed image of an idealised reader
Actual reader
A person or groups of people who engage with and interpret a text
Implied writer
A constructed image of an idealised writer
Actual writer
The ‘real’ person or people responsible for text production
Discourse community
A group of people with shared interests and belief systems who are likely to respond to texts in similar ways
