Discourse Flashcards
Intertextuality
Intertextuality is the shaping of a text’s meaning by another text.
Interdiscursivity
The use of elements in one discourse and social practice which carry institutional and social meanings from other discourses and social practices
Foregrounding
In literary studies and stylistics, foregrounding is a the linguistic strategy of calling attention to certain language features in order to shift the reader’s attention from what is said to how it is said.
Discourse Markers
Discourse markers are ‘word tags’ that are used at the beginning of sentences to help them seem clearer and more understandable.
Point of View
When we talk about ourselves, our opinions, and the things that happen to us, we generally speak in the first person
Deixis
In linguistics, deixis is the use of general words and phrases to refer to a specific time, place, or person in context, e.g., the words tomorrow, there, and they.
Multimodality
Multimodality has a twofold meaning: first it refers to the way in which a text has been designed, and second, it refers to the process involved during design.
Discourse
Discourse refers to the study of a text as a whole