2007-10-16 » Linguistic
The study of the nature, structure, and variation of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, sociolinguistics, and pragmatics.
2007-10-16 » What is a discourse?
A discourse is an instance of language use whose type can be classified on the basis of such factors as grammatical and lexical choices and their distribution in
• main versus supportive materials
• theme
• style, and
• the framework of knowledge and expectations within which the addressee interprets the discourse
What is a [...]
2007-10-15 » Discourse analysis (DA), or discourse studies.
Is a general term for a number of approaches to analyzing written, spoken or signed language use.
The objects of discourse analysis—discourse, writing, talk, conversation, communicative event, etc.—are variously defined in terms of coherent sequences of sentences, propositions, speech acts or [...]