Discourse Metalanguage

Discourse

Sequences of language that are larger than a sentence including written and spoken modes of language.

Function

is a broad description without providing evidence

social purpose

IS an elaborate description that provides information that includes examples.

paralinguistics

Different ways to convey messages other than speech.

Codeswitching

Switching between different languages/dialects or using a different accent in a multicultural setting if you were bilingual or talking to teacher, compared to the way you talk to your friends.

Cohesion

is a formal feature of texts, and relies more on the mechanical construction of the text to aid that understanding objectively.

Coherence

is the extent of which the reader is able to analyse the writers/speaker intentions. A text or sentence that can be understood and the ideas presented in the text are related to eachother subjectively.

Mode and the three kinds

Systems of communication, Speech, writing and sign

speech

Allows people to communicate by producing sounds called phonemes.

writing

production and interpretation of symbols called graphemes

sign

giving and interpretation of non-verbal signals

Audience

The people who were talking/ what group of people the writer is targetting a text to, even if it is ourselves or animals.

Referencial

function of sharing information

Emotive

function of expressing and interpreting emotions.

Conative

function of gaining attention

Phatic

function of establishing social connection

Poetic

Function fo aesthetic language

Metalingual

refers to language as language

Context and the 2 kinds

Situational context/Cultural context

Situational context

function, field, mode, setting and relationship, circumstances or background information surrounding a communicative act that influences how language is interpreted.

Cultural context

When a discourse occurs between participants the values, attitudes and beliefs of society and their own community influences how the language was interpreted.

Tenor

How we describe the association in text with context of social status, professional roles, relationship and social distance.

Register and the two kinds

The style of language adopted by a speaker or writer to suit their purpose and context. informal/formal

Intent/purpose

The communicative goal of the text from the authors intent to the audience