Discourse Assignment -

Objectives - By the end of this week, you should be able to:

Identify features of spoken discourse.

Analyse a transcript of naturally-occurring speech in terms of characteristics of spoken grammar.

Identify and classify examples of clause relations in written texts.

Analyse written texts in terms of culturally popular patterns of text organisation.

Consider the place of computer-mediated communication on the speech-writing spectrum.

Task 1 - Have a look at the text. What characteristics of spoken grammar can you identify?

Firstly, think of specific features of speech as discussed in the lecture both relating to Leech (2000)?

Reminder:

Physical context

Shared context

Affective context

Real-time

Secondly, which of Biber's (1988) involved vs informational features can you identify?

Task 2 - Read the text (My love story) and answer the questions below:

Identify the clause relations and signals in the text.

Which culturally popular macro-level pattern does this demonstrate? What evidence can you find to support your answer?

Which of Biber's (1998) involved vs informational features can you find? Based on your analysis, do you think the text is more involved or more informational?

Attachment:- Discourse Assignment File.rar