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1 Discourse Analysis The study of language inside conversations

2 Cohesion Cohesion: the ties and connections that exist within texts. Some of these are at the word level – repeated words and phrases, referents Coherence is brought to the conversation by the listener. Listeners are always trying to fit new information into old information to keep the conversation coherent.

3 Analyzing a Conversation Look for turn-taking strategies ◦“shy” – waiting for other speaker to stop before taking one’s turn ◦“rude” – cutting in on another speaker ◦These are often culturally determined! Look for completion points ◦End of sentence or thought ◦Speaker stops to breathe ◦No fillers “um” or “er”

4 Cooperative Principle Gricean maxims – Sample response to: How do I get to Green Hall? ◦Quantity – enough information  You can’t miss it – it’s the red brink building. ◦Quality – true information  You need a car to get there. ◦Relation – relevant information  I’d rather buy a poodle than a collie. ◦Manner – clear, brief, orderly  Green Hall is more a state of mind than a building; let me explain...

5 Implicatures Implicatures are additional conveyed meaning (or more work for the listener) Sample conversations: ◦Susan: Are you working on Thursday? ◦Dan: Thursday, hmm, you can borrow the car.  The implication shared here is that Dan only uses the car to get to work. ◦James: Should we go out for pizza? ◦Theresa: I worked extra hours this week.  These two either understand Theresa to be saying that she can afford the pizza or that she is too tired to go out.

6 Schemas and SCripts Schemas and Scripts listeners construct as they begin to make sense of what they hear: ◦Mike: Colette, how’s Harvey?  Listener thinks Colette has a new boyfriend ◦Colette: I think he’s dead!  Hmm, things must not be going all that well ◦Colette: He hasn’t moved for a week. He crawled out of the window onto the ledge last week and froze. ◦Mike: And he’s cold-blooded, right? ◦Colette: He’s an iguana!  Listener finally understands and is able to make appropriate inferences.


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