chap 11 discourse analysis

discourse analysis

the study of language beyond the sentence level, in conversation and text

discourse

language beyond the sentence

cohesion

formal ties and connection that exist within texts

coherence

everything fitting together well

conversation

activity in which, for the most part, two or more people take turns speaking

turn

in conversation, the unit of talk by one speaker, ended by the next speaker’s unit of talk

completion point

the end of a turn, marked by: a pause, asking a question, intonation, body language

turn-taking

the ways in which each speaker takes a turn in a conversation

adjacency pairs

conversational element with a first part and a second part, found in greetings, question-answer sequences, thanking, and leave-taking

thank you ~ you’re welcome, how are you ~ fine, how are you

insertion sequences

adjacency pair that occurs inside another adjacency pair

conversational repair

when a speaker repeats or rephrases an utterance in a conversation as a form of correction

backchanneling

the use of words and sounds by listeners while someone else is speaking; Usually used to indicate that the listener understands or is in agreement with what is being said

hmmm, yeah, uh huh

schema

conventional knowledge structure that exists in memory

script

a dynamic schema, a series of conventional actions that take place