Chapter 11: Discourse Analysis Flashcards
discoursee analysis
seeking to understand how we are able to understand the complexities of conversation
discourse
language beyond the sentence
understand fragments like “no shoes, no service”
cohesion
formal ties and connections within text
cohesive ties: people (my father, he…; my, i); things (a subaru, that car, it); money (bought, saving every penny, worth a fortune, sold, pay)
coherence
everything fiting together well; trying to make sense of what you read and hear
completion point
marking the end of speaking turn (ask a question, pause)
filled pauses
filler words like like, you know, um, er
adjacency pairs
fairly well-established patterns; almost automatic response to a prompt
hello, how are you? -> fine, and you?
bye -> bye
insertion sequence
adjacency pair that comes between the 1s and 2nd parts of another pair
do you want milk? Q1
is it whole milk? Q2
yes, it is! A2
ok! then yes, please A1
the co-operative principle
gricean maxim;
contribute when required, co-operate
the quantity maxim
gricean maxim;
make your contribution as informative as is required, not more or less
the quality maxim
gricean maxim;
do not state claims you believe to be false or those for which you lack adequate evidence
the relation maxim
gricean maxim;
be relevant
the manner maxim
gricean maxim;
be clear, brief, and orderly
hedges
words/phrases to indicate unsurety on accuracy of following statement
as far as i know; correct me if i’m wrong, but
implicature
unspoken but implied additional meaning
