DA-What is DA

How do Simpson and Mayr distinguish between language and discourse?

• Language is subjective rules; discourse is objective use.

• Language is abstract rules; discourse is real-world use.

• Language refers to slang; discourse refers to formal usage.

• Language is static; discourse is unchanging.

Why is the concept of “context” central to discourse analysis?

• Because language meaning is shaped by the situation and purpose.

• Because it helps separate fiction from non-fiction.

• Because words have more than one meaning.

• Because language meaning is shaped by the situation, participants, and purpose.

What is the role of context in discourse analysis?

• eliminating ambiguity & indicating referents

• eliminating ambiguity & detecting conversational implicature

• detecting conversational implicature & indicating referents

• eliminating ambiguity, detecting conversational implicature & indicating referents

The creation of new words such as “staycation” or “crowdfunding” is referred to as lexical ______.

What did Hymes’ concept of the ethnography of communication highlight?

• Language must be studied within its social and cultural context.

• Grammar should be prioritized above meaning.

• Communication is always the same across cultures.

• Polite expressions are universal.

Intertextuality implies that meaning is constructed across time and texts.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The process of reshaping earlier texts into new contexts is called recontextualization.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What does the phrase "Meaning emerges from contradictions, opinions, and value judgments in discourse" imply?

• Meaning is dynamic and negotiated through social interaction.

• Meaning is fixed and unaffected by context.

• Meaning is determined only by dictionary definitions.

• Meaning is irrelevant in spoken discourse.

How do Canning & Walker (2024) define discourse analysis?

• As the study of how meaning is created through linguistic and non-linguistic behavior in context.

• As the analysis of isolated sentences & conversations in context.

• As the study of how meaning is created through linguistic in context.

• As the comparison of non-linguistic behavior in context.

What does Riggenbach (1999) say distinguishes discourse analysis from micro-level studies?

• It focuses on context, identity, power, and relationships.

• It eliminates context to focus only on syntax.

• It analyzes context and identity.

• It focuses on identity and relationships.