Discourse Flashcards
Coherence
The semantic connections that exist within a text to make it meaningful.
Cohesion
The linguistic connections and ties that exist between the words and sentences to give structure to a text.
Inference
to have derived by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence
Logical Ordering
Logical order means that the order makes factual sense
Formatting
arrange or put into a format.
Consistency
construction done in the same way over time
Convention
a way in which something is usually done
Front Focus
The principle that the most important information in a clause or sentence is placed at the front.
John likes his food cold.
End Focus
The principle that the most important information in a clause or sentence is placed at the end.
Cold food is what John likes.
Anaphoric
A reference that refers to something prior in the discourse.
Ann is three feet tall, and SHE is European.
Cataphoric
A reference that refers to something ahead in the discourse.
Would you like to borrow the book, “The Adventures of Tims Teddy Bear”?
Deictic
relating to or denoting a word or expression whose meaning is dependent on the context in which it is used
here, you, me, that one there, next Tuesday
Repetition
To repeat word or phrase, often for emphasis.
You silly, silly, silly person.
Synonymy
having the same meaning as another word or phrase in the same language.
Antonymy
having the opposite meaning as another word or phrase in the same language.
Hyponymy
a word of more specific meaning than a general or superordinate term applicable to it. For example, spoon is a hyponym of cutlery.
Collocation
Groups of words that are often found together.
Happy Birthday!
Merry Christmas
Ellipsis
the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.
Substitution
the action of replacing someone or something with another person or thing.
Conjunction
a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g. and, but, if ).
Adverbials
a word or phrase functioning as a major clause constituent and typically expressing
place ( in the garden ),
time ( in May ),
or manner ( in a strange way ).
Pauses
a temporary stop in action or speech.
False Starts
an unsuccessful attempt to begin speech.
Repairs
A repair is an alteration that is suggested in order to correct or clarify a previous conversational contribution.
