CONCEPTS
*DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
*CONVERSATION ANALYSIS
*Topic Nomination
*Turn-taking
*Topic clarification or Repair
*Topic Shifting or Avoidance
*Topic Termination
*CORPUS LINGUISTICS
*CONTRASTIVE RHETORIC
*PRAGMATICS
*Sociopragmatics
*Pragmalinguistics
*LANGUAGE AND GENDER
*DISCOURSE STYLES
*NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
Discourse Analysis
is the examination of the relationship between forms and
functions of languages.

Consider the following three different exchanges:

A: Got the time?

B: Ten-fifteen.

Walter: More coffee?

Customer: I’m okay.

Parent: Dinner!
Child: Just a minute.
Conversational Analysis
“Conversations are cooperative ventures”.

Topic Nomination- rules for introducing or nominating

topics in a conversation which involves both verbal and
non-verbal cues, are contextually constrained or limited.

Topic Development-after nomination, participants then

embark on topic development using conventions of turn-
taking to accomplish various functions of language.
Topic Clarification- also known as Repair of linguistic
forms that contain errors.

Topic Shifting or Avoidance- these are considered

interruptions, a form of attention getting, a typical
feature of all conversations.

Topic Termination-ending a conversation.

Corpus Linguistics

-linguistic research that deals with computer

analyses of language

-focuses on the naturally occurring language,

that is, texts are created by users of
language for a communicative purpose
Contrastive Rhetoric-focused almost exclusively in
written varieties

PRAGMATICS

Sociopragmatics- interface between pragmatics

and social organization

Pragmalinguistic- is the intersection of pragmatics

and linguistic forms
 Language and Gender

Male Female
-stronger -uses standard language
-purpose of the use of -follows a pattern that
language is for status continues on through
and report talk adulthood
-expresses uncertainty -
-mainly used competing
focus mainly on
in the floor
connection and rapport
 DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

1. Oratorical Style
2. Deliberative Style
3. Consultative Style
4. Casual Style
5. Intimate Style
 Non-verbal Communication
1. Kinesics- gestures
2. Eye contact
3. Proxemics
4. Artifacts
5. Kinesthetics/ Haptics
6. Olfactory Dimensions