Unit 6 Discourse: Flashcards
Test your knowledge of Spoken and Written Discourse terms.
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- The term for the intended, context-defined and culture-sensitive meaning of an utterance. It is also known as ‘pragmatic meaning’.
- The term for the relationships that link the meanings of utterances and sentences in a text which make it meaningful and unified.
- The term for an intonation pattern that indicates that something said is part of the shared knowledge between the speaker and listener.
- The term for an intonation pattern that indicates that something said is new information, not part of the speaker's and listener's shared knowledge.
- The term that describes the extent to which the receiver of a message can interact with the sender and influence the direction of discourse.
- The term that describes the organisation of words etc. into a system that shows their relationship to one another e.g. father, mother, aunt etc.
- The term that describes a sequence of related words in a text e.g. residents, shops, transport, apartments etc.
- The term for '‘..to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.’
- The term for language which is used primarily to allow social and personal relationships to be maintained.
- The term for 'How's it going?', 'Not too bad.'
- The term for the information known to the listener or reader.
- The term for the point of departure from the known or given information.
- The term for the 'attention signals' the listener gives the speaker to reassure them they are listening and following the story.
- The term for gesture and body language that can also include non-linguistic utterances like sighing and tutting.
- The term for the omission of certain words or phrases where they are unnecessary.
- The term for the grammatical and/or lexical relationships between the different elements of a text which help it hang together.
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