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Discourse Analysis: Understanding How People Communicate
1. Discourse Analysis
Discourse structure of
texts
Social competence
Communicative competence and
discourse
Generic competence
Context
Discursive competence
Relationship between language, social
and cultural contexts. Looks at patterns
of language beyond the word
How people organize what they say
on the sense of what they typically
say first
Knowing a language. How to use language
appropriately in a particular situation
Social and cultural setting in which the
speaking or writing occurs
Ability to produce and interpret contextually appropriate texts
Draws together these three concepts
Textual competence
Ability to produce and interpret
contextually appropriate texts
Describes how we are able to
respond to both recurring and
new communicative situations
Describes how we use
language to take part in
social and institutional
interactions
Pragmatics Semantics
Interpretation of
language depends
on knowledge of the
real world
Deals with literal meaning
Connected discourse
Typical ways of using language
in particular situations
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