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Discourse Analysis Is Study of Relationship Between Language and The Context in Which It Is Used
Discourse Analysis Is Study of Relationship Between Language and The Context in Which It Is Used
1. ZELLIG HARRIS (1952) DISTRIBUTION OF LINGUISTICS ELEMENTS AND THE LINKS BETWEEN TEXT AND ITS SOCIAL
SETTING.
2. DELL HYMES (1964) SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE, SPEECH IN ITS SOCIAL SETTING/
3. AUSTIN (1962) SCARLE (1969) GRICE (1975) STUDY OF LANGUAGE AS SOCIAL ACTION, SPEECH-ACT THEORY
CONVERSATIONAL MAXIMS AND PRAGMATICS (STUDY OF MEANING IN CONTEXT)
4. HALLIDAY (1973) INFLUENCE BRITISH DISCOUSE ANALYSIS, SOCIAL FUNCTION OF LANGUAGE ANT THEMATIC AND
INFORMATIONAL STRUCTURE OF SPEECH AND WRITING.
5. SINCLAIR AND COULTHARD (1975) IMPORTANT IN BRITAIN DESCRIPTION OF TEACHER – PUPIL TALK, BASED ON
HIERARCHY OF DISCOURSE UNITS. DOCTOR – PATIENT INTERACTION, INTERVIEW, MONOLOGUES,ETC.
6. GUMPERZ AND HYMES (1972) AMERICAN DISCOURSE , OBSERVATION OF GROUPS OF PEOPLE COMMUNICATING
IN NATURAL SETTINGS . STORY TELLLING, GREETING RITUALS, AND VERBAL DUELS.
7. GOFFMAN (1976,1979) SACKS, JEFFERSON(1974) CONVERSATIONAL NORMS, TURN TAKING, SPOKEN
INTERACTIONS.
2. FORM AND FUNCTION
THE DISCOURSE CAN BE INTERPRETED ACCORDING TO THE FORM AND THE FUNCTION OF THE
UTTERANCES.
THE GRAMMATICAL FORM AND THE COMMUNICATIVE OF THE UTTERANCES CAN CHANGE THE
MEANING. THERE ARE VARIABLES THAT CAN CHANGE THE UTTERANCES, FOR EXAMPLE:
• THE TONE CONTOUR ( THE DIRECTION OF THE PITCH, WEATHER IT RISES OR FALLS)
• THE VOICE (PITCH LEVEL)
EXAMPLE: DID I MAKE A FOOL OF MYSELF
FORM AND FUNCTION MUST BE SEPARATED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
DISCOURSE.
3. SPEECH ACTS AND DISCOURSE STRUCTURES
THE REAL CONVERSATIONS ARE NOT IN THE CLASSROOMS, RATHER THEY ARE
OUTSIDE THEM. REAL SITUATIONS
CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM VARY IN THE DEGREE OF
STRUCTUREDESNESS. THE DIFFERENCE IS THE KINDS OF SPEECH –ACT LEVELS
7. TALK AS A SOCIAL ACTIVITY