Discours Analysis Flashcards
discourse analysis
effort to interpret the text and how we arrive at such interpretation.
cohesion
ties and connections that exist in the text. Cohesive links: pronouns, lexical connections, general connections, adverbial, tenses.
coherence
relating the text to our experience of the word as we know it. (filling in gaps)
speech events
various types of utterances: conversation, debate, interview, discussion etc.
variables determining choice of language
roles assumed by participants, relationship between them, topic of conversation, setting and context of conversation.
conversation
activity in which two or more participants take turns at speaking.
characteristic features of conversation
turn taking, simultaneous talk, completion point, forms of indicating willingness to speak.
co-operative principle
based on assumption that participants of any conversation want to participate and are co-operating.
four maxims of co-operative principle
quantity, quality, relation and manner.
hedges
expressions used to indicate we are not sure whether what we say is sufficiently correct or complete.
implicature
additional, conveyed meaning described by making use of background knowledge (our experience of what normally happens).
schema
conventional knowledge structure which exist in our memory, ex: supermarket schema, classroom schema.
script
dynamic schema, ordered sequence of conventional actions that take place within the schema.
