Discourse Analysis - Lesson 1

What are some features of non-linguistic context by Hymes?

• participants, settings, message, cohesion

• channel, code, participants' relationship, event

• event, setting, purpose, reference

• message, attitude, key, event

Which of the following is NOT true about discourse?

• It is a stretch of language.

• It can contain some grammar mistakes.

• It must be meaningful senders.

• It perform functions.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Discourse Analysis is the study of language in ......

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Among features of Non-linguistic Context by Hymes, what is channel?

• the nature of the communicative event within which a genre may be embedded

• what did the participants intend should come about as a result of the communicative event

• what form is intended

• how is contact between the participants in the event being maintained

Which of the following is the definition of "text"

• the situation giving rise to the discourse, and within which the discourse is embedded.

• Stretches of language perceived to be meaningful, unified, and purposive

• •A stretch of language interpreted formally, without context.

• the study of the relationship between language and the contexts in which it is used

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is linguistic context?

• the language that surrounds or accompanies the piece of discourse under analysis.

• The background knowledge and assumptions underlying the communication event

• how is contact between the participants in the event being maintained

• The type of communicative event (for example, joke, story, lecture, greeting, conversation)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

How many criteria are there criteria to define a text as a written record of a communicative event

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

All of the following are factors apart from the language you should pay attention to when you receive a linguistic message in face-to-face communication, EXCEPT for

• facial expressions

• body language

• voice

• handwriting

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

Discourse analysis concerns with the study of the ........ between language and the contexts in which it is used

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What are two types of linguistic data

• sentence linguistic data and discourse analysis data

• written linguistic data and discourse analysis data

• non-linguistic data and discourse data

• sentence linguistic data and written linguistic data

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7