Discourse Structure

Question 1

Discourse Markers

Answer 1

Phrase or word use to organise the discourse. E.g First, Next

Question 2

Adjacency Pairs

Answer 2

A unit of conversation. E.g a=”How are you?” B=”Good thanks. What about you?”

Question 3

Quotives

Answer 3

Often used in oral story telling. E.g ‘I said’…‘he said’…

Question 4

Exposition

Answer 4

Story opening. E.g once apon a time

Question 5

Anaphoric reference

Answer 5

Reference to somthing previously identified in the text

Question 6

Cataphoric reference

Answer 6

Making a reference to somthing not yet identified in the text.

Question 7

Intediscursivity

Answer 7

Use of discourse from one field as part of another. E.g using science to sell beauty products.

Question 8

Cohesive Devices

Answer 8

A type of discourse marker to signal chronology.

Question 9

Valediction

Answer 9

Saying goodbye.

Question 10

Phatic Tokens

Answer 10

Small talk that can be broken into 3 parts. Self-oriented, other-oriented and neutral-oriented.

Question 11

Deistic terms

Answer 11

Context dependent words referring back/forward or outside the text.

Question 12

False start

Answer 12

The speaker begins an utterance, than stops and either repeats or reformulates it (False start).

Question 13

Enumeration

Answer 13

Form of discourse marking that individuals listing.

Question 14

Dialogic

Answer 14

Exchange of adjanency pairs.

Question 15

Monologic

Answer 15

One person writing/speaking at length.