Zusammenfassung der Ressource
What is
discourse and
why analyze it?
- Is used by
- Linguists
- Psycholigst
- sociologists
- DISCOURSE
- Tendencies in
twentieth-century
linguistics
- Are divided in
- Formalism
- That's to say
- interest in structure of
language
- Functionalism
- It means
- interest in what
language is used for
- Self-construction
- Some characteristics are
- People tend to tell the researcher
the things he wants to hear
- happens in ordinary talk
- matters are more
complex when talking
- It means
- Language above the sentence
- Is made by
- making assumptions, basing on the
knowledge we have about the world
- Looks for
- structure in units that are
larger than one sentence
- Must be
- using language to mean something
- Language users
- have problems identifying
sentences that are not texts
- For example
- Later, an item about vasectomy
and the results of the do it
yourself competition
- Furthermore
- The speaker
utterance has no
structure
- DESIGNED BY: DANIELA MENA, ANA GARAY AND RICARDO PARRA
- interpret larger texts not only
sentences
- For example
- The baby cried/ the mommy
picked it up
- Can be
- A sequence of events-
cause and effect- A
and then B
- Requires
- Relevant terms
- They are
- Talk
- Is
- Spoken language
- Generic and inclusive
- Conversation
- Refres to
- Spoken language rather than written language
- However
- People consider conversation is also done throgh chatting
- Using
- Facebook
- Whatsapp
- Chatrooms
- Discourse
- Is
- Language used in any medium
- A technical term
- Some linguistcs
- Want to know how turn talking works like
- Take discourse as a source of evidence
- Study how people talk is evidence of their lives
- Telecom
- Is
- A british company created to improve
nation's communication skills
- People's understanding
of the world
- is
- shaped by the way they used language
according to what they have available
- Takes into
account
- Texts
- Can
be
- A sentence or smaller than a
sentence
- For
example
- Word MEN written on the door of a public bathroom
- Used to
- Convey a meaning
- Includes
- Positive discourse
- For example
- drugs use is a recreational activity
- Negative discourse
- For
example
- drugs use is a crime
- Letter P for parcking lot
- Used for
- Investigating social voices of people
- Works with
- Data that is done in writting
- Language using
- is
- An intersubjective process
- Discourse analysis
- Is not
- Completely related with spoken discourse