Language Discourse

What is discourse in language?

• The visual marks on a page

• The study of meaning behind the words

• A stretch of communication

• The study of sounds made

Who was American linguist that studied discourse in different parts of America?

• Noam Chomsky

• William Labov

• John B. Watson

• Ivan Pavlov

What is discourse the identification of?

• Turn-taking

• Morphemes

• Graphics

• Mode

• Register

______ is a politeness strategy utilised in conversation (spoken)

Where were some of the places Labov studied for their discourse?

• Harlem

• Martha' Vineyard

• Wisconsin

• New York

Discourse only refers to spoken language...

• True

• False

Labov only focused on oral language instead of spoken in his Model of Narrative Analysis

• True

• False

Which were in the six parts of Labov's model

• Abstract

• Narration

• Orientation

• Evaluation