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Act F
5. The procedural approaches to interpretation of text/
discourse requires the writer to activate knowledge,
make inferences and constantly assess his/her
interpretation in the light of the situation and the aims
and goals of text/discourse as the writer receives them.
6. The following discourse uses phenomenon- example,
a logical sequencing relation, as
a cohesive device:
Naturally, the more people pay for their houses, the
more they want to rename their neighbourhoods.
Suppose you’ve just coughed up 250,000 pounds
for an unspectacular house on the fringe of
Highgate- an area with loads of cachet. The estate
agent tells you it’s Highgate. You’ve paid a
Highgate price. There‘s no way you’re going to
admit that it’s in Crouch End.
7. The three moves in an adjacency pair are considered
as functional units and are often labelled as:
A: Opening
B: Answering
C: Follow-up F
8.The adjacency pair of complimenting -
acknowledging is represented in the following:
A: Like a lift?
B: Thanks, but I’m waiting for my friend. F
9. Discourse analysis is concerned with the study of the
relationship between language and the contexts in
which it is used. T
10. Exophoric reference are references to assumed,
shared worlds inside the text. F
11.Anaphoric reference involves looking back in texts
to find the referent of a pronoun, a demonstrative, a
definite article or a comparative. T
12. Reiteration includes repetition, synonym or near
synonym, superordinate, general word , and collocation.
F
13. Reiteration is used in the following :
(1) I'm having terrible trouble with my car. (2) The
thing won't start in the morning. T