Discourse Analysis TEFL 2022

Discourse is ________

• another word for language

• the primary mode of communication

• signs that we use to communicate

• ideas, images, words, and practice that inform what we think we know

_______ can be defined as the study of language in its context of use and above the level of the sentence.

Which of the followings is NOT a key area of influence in discourse analysis?

• Cross-cultural pragmatics

• Politeness and face

• Smaller unites of language

• Multimodal discourse

-Are you having some of this chocolate cake?

-I’m on a diet

This is an example of ....

• Conversational Implicature 

• Cross-Cultural Pragmatics

• Speech Act Theory

• Politeness and Face

___________ examines differences similarities and differences of academic writing between different languages and cultures .

________ emphasizes on the basic forms of everyday spoken interactions in

which people exchange information and maintain social relations such as casual conversations, narratives, interviews,

interactions at workplace or in classroom, service encounters and so forth

• Conversation analysis

• Speech act theory

• Speech act theory

• Politeness and Face