İNÖ348 CONTRASTIVE MACRO-LINGUISTICS

Discourse Analysis III

Ayla BALCI

1. Compare and contrast different types of dicourse. List their characteristic features.
2. What are the ways of producing discourse? Discuss.
3. Compare the following.
speech writing
time restriction

time resistence

security
& confidentiality

familiarity

mistakes

extra-linguistic signals

formality

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Conversation Analysis

1. Is the following conversation acceptable? Why? / Why not?

Upon meeting a friend on the street:
A: Maçıı izledin mi?
B: Yoooo!
A: Peki. Hadi görüşürüz.

2. Is the following good even though there is no greeting?

Ann: Ed?
Ed: Yeah?
Ann: Do you have a ruler?

3. What else is there to say about the conversational structure?

Conversational structure

What happens in conversation? How do we deal with it?

General process: What signals do we give?

Opening

Giving / ending turns

Keeping turns

Pre-closing

Closing

4. What happens when a participant fails to take turn?

What happens when a participant fails to give turn?

5. What is a discourse marker?

6. What is the function of discourse markers? How do they relate to conversation analysis?