Discourse Flashcards
Coherence factors: Formatting
Layout of the text
Coherence factors: Logical ordering
Presenting of the texts info in a reasonable sequence
Coherence factors: Inference
Use of inference
Coherence factors: Conventions
Heeding the conventions of the context
Coherence factors: Consistency
Being consistent allows for it to be coherent
Coherence
How meaningful and understandable a text is (FLICC)
Cohesion factors: Substitution
Replace one element with something else, avoid repetition
Cohesion factors: Ellipsis
Emitting parts of a sentence to avoid repetition
Cohesion factors: Linking
Adverbials and conjunctions
Cohesion factors: Lexical choices
Semantic field, repetition, collocation, synonyms
Cohesion factors: Reference
When a pronoun refers to another element of the text
Features of discourse: Openings and closings
Signals beginning and end of conversation
Features of discourse: Adjacency pairs
Words or phrases that work together to create relevant discourse
Features of discourse: Overlapping speech
Speech that overlaps
Features of discourse: Interrogative tags
Tag questions added onto the end
Features of discourse: Discourse particles
Things like “mmmm” or “yeah” when being talking to
Features of discourse: Non-fluency features
Include pauses, filled pauses (um), false starts, repetition
Strategies in discourse: Topic management
Keeping conversation on topic
Strategies in discourse: Turn-taking
Taking turns
Strategies in discourse: Code-switching
Switching languages or dialects
Strategies in discourse: Back channelling
Providing minimal responses to the speaker
Cohesion
How elements of utterances fit together and align with one another (SELLY)
