discourse language level Flashcards
(16 cards)
Written Mode: intertextuality
the relationship between texts, especially literary ones.
Written Mode: narrative perspective
Narrative perspective is the point of view that a story is told from. It gives the reader a chance to really get inside a character’s min
Written Mode: reader positioning
The notion of “positioned” in reader positioning is metaphorical, describing the positioning as the shaping of a reader’s point of view or perspective. Reader positioning describe how readers’ thoughts and feelings may be shaped by the writer and context
-the reader’s own views of the text, of the writer and of the context can influence the reader’s position.
Written Mode: register
how a speaker uses language differently in different circumstances
-Depending on grammar, syntax, and tone, the register may be extremely rigid or intimate
Written Mode: tenor
tone of voice
Written Mode: multimodal features
A multimodal text is a text that creates meaning by combining two or more modes of communication, such as print, the spoken word, sound, and images
Written Mode: exophoric referencing
referencing outside the text
Written Mode: endophoric referencing
referencing within the text
Written Mode: anaphoric and cataphoric referencing
Anaphoric reference occurs when a word or phrase refers to something mentioned earlier in the discourse.
Cataphoric reference occurs when a word or phrase refers to something mentioned later in the discourse.
Written Mode: genre tropes and conventions
typical features seen in the same style of text.
Spoken Mode: topic managers
Spoken Mode: topic shifters
Spoken Mode: adjacency pairs
Spoken Mode: running repairs
Spoken Mode; vocatives
Spoken Mode: overlaps and interruptions.
