Discourse Introduction

Discourse analysis was first introduced by

• Zellig Harris

• Paul Grice

• Austin

• Halliday

The link between society and discourse is often

• Direct

• Indirect

Hasan and Ventola aim to capture obligatory and optional stages that are typical of service encounters

• True

• False

Different cultures often have the same ways of doing things through language

• True

• False

Discourse shapes the range of possible purposes of texts.

• True

• False

When we speak or write we use more than just language to display who we are

• True

• False

Notion of performativity derives from speech act theory and the work of the linguistic philosopher Halliday.

• True

• False

All texts are, thus, in an intertextual relationship with other texts.

• True

• False