Discourse Structure Flashcards
Cohesive devices.
Words which signal discourse, e.g firstly, secondly, thirdly.
Pre-Closing sequences.
Words or phrases before the final goodbye.
Exposition.
Opening of a text.
Discourse Markers.
Words that indicate a change in topic. ‘Well’, ‘Ok’.
Phatic tokens.
Small tokens of general information in conversation.
Provide the adjacent pair: Greeting
Greeting.
Provide the adjacent pair: Offer
Acceptance/Rejection.
Provide the adjacent pair: Request
Acceptance/Rejection.
Provide the adjacent pair: Question
Answer.
Provide the adjacent pair: Complaint
Excuse/Remedy.
Provide the adjacent pair: Valediction
Valediction.
Provide the adjacent pair: Inform
Acknowledge.
Provide the adjacent pair: Accusation
Apology/Disagreement.
Valediction.
The act of saying goodbye.
Cohesion.
Forming a whole.
Turn - taking.
Taking turns to speak.
Provide the parts of Labov’s Theory.
Abstract, Orientation, Action, Resolution, Coda, Evaluation.
In Labov’s Theory, what is ‘Abstract’?
The beginning, signal.
In Labov’s Theory, what is ‘Orientation’?
Context - who, where.
In Labov’s Theory, what is ‘Action’?
What happened?
In Labov’s Theory, what is ‘Resolution’?
What finally happened?
In Labov’s Theory, what is ‘Coda’?
Signals, linking back to main element.
In Labov’s Theory, what is ‘Evaluation’?
Comments, gestures running throughout.
Hypodiegesis.
A story within a story.
Metatalk.
Talking about talking.
