Discourse Flashcards
What are discourse markers?
Words, phrases or clauses that help to organise what we say or write (e.g. OK, So, ‘As I was saying…’).
What are adjuncts?
Non-essential elements of clauses (usually adverbials) that can be omitted (e.g. ‘I’ll see you in the morning’).
What are disjuncts?
Sentence adverbs that express an attitude or stance towards material that follows (e.g. ‘Frankly, I’m appalled at what she said’ or ‘Sadly, not one of them survived’).
What are narrative structures?
How events, actions and processes are sequenced when recounting a story.
What is anaphoric reference?
Making reference back to something previously identified in a text (often using pronouns) (e.g. ‘The woman stood by the door. She made detailed notes of what she could see’).
What is cataphoric reference?
Making reference forwards to something as yet unidentified in a text (e.g. ‘It was warm. It was living. It was a rabbit.’).
What is exophoric reference?
Making reference to things beyond the language of a text itself (e.g. ‘Look at that’).
What is interdiscursivity (or intertextuality)?
The use of discourses from one field as part of another (e.g. the use of science discourses in the selling of beauty products, or the use of commercial discourses in education).
What is critical discourse analysis?
The use of linguistic analysis to explore and challenge the ideologies, positions and values of texts and their producers.
