PPT Notes, Test 4 - Discourse

Question 1

define discourse

Answer 1

studies the meaning of sentences above and apart from the literal words that comprise the sentence

semantics deals with how each word makes meaning, discourse concentrates on the act of speech

Question 2

discourse analysis (DA)

Answer 2

studies connected text, or units of language above the level of the sentence

Question 3

critical discourse analysis (CDA)

Answer 3

studies the connection of features of discourse to the larger sociopolitical context in which it occurs

often focuses on ‘institutional discourse’ which is the language of the media, courtrooms, and politics

how language creates and maintains power

Question 4

speech act theory:

locutionary act

Answer 4

the literal meaning of an utterance

LLLocution = LLLiteral meaning

Question 5

speech act theory:

illocutionary act

Answer 5

the intended meaning of an utterance in context

IIIlocution = IIIntended meaning

Question 6

speech act theory:

perlocutionary act

Answer 6

the effect of the utterance on the listener

Question 7

speech act theory:

define direct speech act

Answer 7

collapse the locutionary and illocutionary messages, same meaning

Question 8

speech act theory:

define indirect speech act

Answer 8

disconnect between the locutionary and illocutionary messages,
“We don’t have any milk”
locution: there is no milk
illocution: please stop and buy some milk no I don’t have to leave

Question 9

speech act theory:

define performative speech acts

Answer 9

speech acts that create reality by using language to perform an action
example:
betting, avowing, promising, judging, naming, esteeming, declaring