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1.WhatisDiscourse?Languagedoesnotnormallyconsistofisolated,unrelatedsentences,butinsteadofcollocated,structured,coherentgroupsofsentenceswecancalladiscourse.2.WhatisDiscourseAnalysis?Discourseanalysis(DA),ordiscoursestudies,isageneraltermforanumberofapproachestoanalyzingwritten,spoken,signedlanguageuseoranysignificantsemioticevent.3.WhatisaSpeechAct?Aspeechactisanutterancethatservesafunctionincommunication.Austin’sSpeechActTheory(speechisitselfaformofaction:constativevs.performative)Austiniswidelyassociatedwiththeconceptofthespeechacttheoryandtheideathatspeechisitselfaformofaction.Constativeutteranceisonethatassertsorstatessomethingthatcanbejudgedastrueorfalse.(e.g.Hepromisedtogivehertendollars.)Theperformativeisutteredintheperformanceofanillocutionaryactandiseitherfelicitousorinfelicitous.(e.g.Ipromisetogivehertendollars.)Limitation(e.g.JocelyngotaCartierforherbirthday.)Austinlatermodifiedhistheory:locutionaryact以言指事行为theactualutteranceanditsostensiblemeaning,comprisingphonetic,phaticandrheticactscorrespondingtotheverbal,syntacticandsemanticaspectsofanymeaningfulutterance.illocutionaryAct以言行事行为Thesemantic'illocutionaryforce'oftheutterance,thusitsreal,intendedmeaningPrelocutionaryAct以语成事行为Itsactualeffect,whetherintendedornote.g.Inutteringthelocution"Isthereanysalt?"atthedinnertable,onemaytherebyperformtheillocutionaryactofrequestingsalt,aswellasthedistinctlocutionaryactofutteringtheinterrogatorysentenceaboutthepresenceofsalt,andthefurtherperlocutionaryactofcausingsomebodytohandonethesalt.Searle’sSpeechActTheorySearle’sSpeechActTheory(Assertives,Directives,Commissives,Expressives,Declarations)Searlehassetupthefollowingclassificationofillocutionaryspeechacts:Assertives断言类E.G.Samsmokeshabitually.Directives指令类E.G.DoesSamsmokehabitually?Commissives承诺类E.G.Sam,smokehabitually!Expressives表达类E.G.WouldthatSamsmokehabitually!Declarations宣告类(astatement,aquestion,acommand,andanexpressionofdesire,respectively)4.WhatisContext?Malinowski--Context“mustburstthebondsofmerelinguisticsandbecarriedoverintotheanalysisofthegeneralconditionsunderwhichalanguageisspoken.”Contextincludes:Firth--1)TheParticipantsinthesituation;2)TheActionoftheparticipants;

3)OtherRelevantFeaturesofthesituation;4)TheEffectsoftheverbalaction.SocialContext--HallidayTHEFIELDOFDISCOURSE语场:Referstowhatishappening,tothenatureofthesocialactionthatistakingplace.THETENOROFDISCOURSE语旨:Referstowhoistakingpart,tothenatureoftheparticipants,theirstatusesandroles.THEMODEOFDISCOURSE语式:Referstowhatpartthelanguageisplaying,whatisthattheparticipantsareexpectingthelanguagetodofortheminthatsituation.FunctionofContext:制约功能解释功能5.WhatisCohesion?Cohesionisdefinedasasemanticconcept.Itis“asemanticrelationbetweenanelementinthetextandsomeotherelementsthatiscrucialtotheinterpretationofit”.Cohesionisthegrammaticalandlexicalrelationshipwithinatextorsentence.Itcanbedefinedasthelinksthatholdatexttogetherandgiveitmeaning.Typesofcohesion1.Referencing照应ExophoricReference外指照应:ItisusedtodescribegenericsorabstractswithouteveridentifyingthemEndophoricReference内指照应•Anaphoricreferenceoccurswhenthewriterrefersbacktosomeoneorsomethingthathasbeenpreviouslyidentified,toavoidrepetition.•Cataphoricreferenceistheoppositeofanaphora:areferenceforwardasopposedtobackwardinthediscourse.Somethingisintroducedintheabstractbeforeitisidentified.2.Ellipsis&substitution省略与替代Ellipsishappenswhen,afteramorespecificmention,wordsareomittedwhenthephraseneedstoberepeated.Substitutionmeansthatawordisnotomitted,asinellipsis,butissubstitutedforanother,moregeneralword.3.Conjunction连词Conjunctionsetsuparelationshipbetweentwoclauses.4.Grammaticalcohesion语法衔接5.Lexicalcohesion词汇衔接Repetition重复B.Synonym/Antonym同/反义词C.Hyponymy上下义关系D.Collocation组合，搭配5.WhatisCoherence?(Fourbasicmechanicalconsiderationsinprovidingtransitionsbetweenideas:usingtransitionalexpressions,repeatingkeywordsandphrases,usingpronounreference,andusingparallelform)CohesionreferstothelinguisticfeaturesthatrelatesentencestooneanotherandCoherencereferstothetextthatappropriatelyfitsitssituationalcontext.Whenatextisconsistentinternally,itiscohesive;whenitisconsistentwithitscontext,itiscoherent.Cohesioncontributesonlypartiallytotextualcoherence,whileacoherenttextdoesnotnecessarilyrequirecohesion.Beaugrande（1981）--Coherenceisdefinedastheprocedureswhichensureconceptualconnectivity，including（1）logicalrelations，（2）organizationofevents，objectsandsituations，（3）continuityinhumanexperience．Itconcerns“thewayinwhichthecomponentsofthetextualworldwhichunderliethesurfacetextaremutuallyaccessibleandrelevant”.6.ThematicStructureToconveygiveninformationandnewinformationTosubjectandpredicateToframeandinsertThemeandRhemeThemeisgiveninformationservingas“thepointofdeparture”ofamessage.RhemeistheremainderofthemessageinaclauseinwhichThemeisdeveloped.Rhemetypicallycontainsunfamiliarornewinformation.Themeisthefirstelementoccurringinaclause;TheremainderclauseisRheme.MarkedandUnmarkedThemeThemeisnotequatedwiththesubjectofasentence;norisRhemeequatedwiththepredicate.IftheThemeoverlapswiththegrammaticalsubjectsofthesentences,wecallitunmarkedTheme.Ontheotherhand,markedsentencesoftencontainaThemethatisseparatefromthesubjectcontainingpre-posedadverbialgroupsorprepositionalphrases.ThemeandRhemeThememayberealizedbyanominalgroup,verbalgroup,adverbialgroup,prepositionalphraseoradependentclause.Thecharacteristicoftheseelementsisthattheyappearfirstinaclauseandrepresent‘given’information.AlltherestofaclauseisRhemerepresenting‘new’information.3ThematicProgressionPatterns主位推进模式SimpleLinearTP延续型TPwithaContinuousTheme主位同一型TPwithderivedThemes扩充型7.Whatisperspective？Perspectiveintheoryofcognitionisthechoiceofacontextorareference(ortheresultofthischoice)fromwhichtosense,categorize,measureorcodifyexperience,cohesivelyformingacoherentbelief,typicallyforcomparingwithanother.Onemayfurtherrecognizeanumberofsubtlydistinctivemeanings,closetothoseofparadigm,pointofview,realitytunnel,orweltanschauung.TypesofPerspectiveThird-personomniscientperspective全面视角Firstpersonperspective单向视角Multipleperspective多向视角8. WhatisConversationAnalysis?Conversationanalysis(CA)isanapproachtothestudyofsocialinteraction,embracingbothverbalandnon-verbalconduct,insituationsofeverydaylife.MethodsofCA:turn-takingconstructingsequencesofutterancesacrossturnsidentifyingandrepairingproblems,andemployinggazeandmovement9.Grice’s‘Co-operativePrinciple’ --“Makeyourconversationalcontributionsuchasisrequired,atthestageatwhichitoccurs,bytheacceptedpurposeanddirectionoftheexchangeinwhichyouareengaged.”Conversationworksonlywiththeco-operationofitsparticipants.Co-operationisbuiltaroundaseriesof‘Griceanmaxims’:QualityQuantityMannerRelationQuality:betrue“Donotsaywhatyoubelievetobefalse.”“Donotsaythatforwhichyoulackevidence.”So…whensomeonespeakstous,weassume:thatwhattheysayisnotknowinglyuntruthful;thatthetruthfulnessofwhattheysaydoesnotneedtobemadestated.Quantity:bebrief“Makeyourcontributionasinformativeasisrequired.”“Donotmakeyourcontributionmoreinformativethanisrequired.”So…whensomeonespeakstous,weassume:theydonotpurposefullyholdbackanythingthatisimportant;theydonotgivemoreinformationthanisasked.Manner:beclear“Beperspicuous.”/“Avoidobscurityofexpression.”/“Avoidambiguity.”“Bebrief.”/“Beorderly.”So…whensomeonespeakstous,weassume:thatwhattheysayisbeingsaidasstraightforwardlyastheycansayit.Relation:berelevant“Berelevant.”So…whensomeonespeakstous,weassume:thatwhattheysayisrelevanttotheconversation.10.GeoffreyLeech:The‘PolitenessPrinciple’GeoffreyLeechproposedtheneedfor‘politenessmaxims’asaprerequisiteforconversationalco-operation.TheTactmaxim得体准则，圆通准则TheGenerositymaxim慷慨准则，大方准则TheApprobationmaxim赞扬准则，赞许准则TheModestymaxim谦虚准则，谦逊准则TheAgreementmaxim赞同准则，一致准则TheSympathymaxim同情准则Leech’sPolitenessMaxims1. Tact 'Minimizetheexpressionofbeliefswhichimply