DISCOURSE 1
Ellie Cavalcanti

Pre-session task
Try and put these terms into the most appropriate box below:

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Style
Pragmatics
Conjunctive relationships
(Co)reference
Substitution
Genre
Ellipsis
Formality
Reiteration
Topic
Lexical relationships
Comparison
Appropriacy
Rheme
Cohesion
Coherence
Theme
Exophoric
Anaphoric
Cataphoric
Grice's Maxims
Speech Acts
Cooperative principle
Turn-taking
Text organisation
Politeness Maxims
Locutionary Meaning
Illocutionary Force
Perlocutionary Act
Exchanges & Moves (Frames)

In the session, we will develop definitions of the above terms and ensure that you are confident in where you have placed them on the grid.

The session
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Post-session task
Read one of the following books before the next discourse session in week 26:

Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers
Michael McCarthy. CUP. 1991.
An excellent introduction with practical exercises all the way through.
Finish this book and you'll have covered everything you'll need at a DELTA level.

Discourse
G. Cook. OUP. 1989.
Another excellent introduction.
If you don't like McCarthy, read this instead.
Covers much the same ground in an equally clear and informative way.