Discourse

Question 1

Intertextuality

Answer 1

Intertextuality is the shaping of a text’s meaning by another text.

Question 2

Interdiscursivity

Answer 2

The use of elements in one discourse and social practice which carry institutional and social meanings from other discourses and social practices

Question 3

Foregrounding

Answer 3

In literary studies and stylistics, foregrounding is a the linguistic strategy of calling attention to certain language features in order to shift the reader’s attention from what is said to how it is said.

Question 4

Discourse Markers

Answer 4

Discourse markers are ‘word tags’ that are used at the beginning of sentences to help them seem clearer and more understandable.

Question 5

Point of View

Answer 5

When we talk about ourselves, our opinions, and the things that happen to us, we generally speak in the first person

Question 6

Deixis

Answer 6

In linguistics, deixis is the use of general words and phrases to refer to a specific time, place, or person in context, e.g., the words tomorrow, there, and they.

Question 7

Multimodality

Answer 7

Multimodality has a twofold meaning: first it refers to the way in which a text has been designed, and second, it refers to the process involved during design.

Question 8

Discourse

Answer 8

Discourse refers to the study of a text as a whole