Discourse Analysis

Discourse structure of

texts

Social competence

Communicative competence and

discourse

Generic competence

Context

Discursive competence

Relationship between language, social

and cultural contexts. Looks at patterns

of language beyond the word

How people organize what they say

on the sense of what they typically

say first

Knowing a language. How to use language

appropriately in a particular situation

Social and cultural setting in which the

speaking or writing occurs

Ability to produce and interpret contextually appropriate texts

Draws together these three concepts

Textual competence

Ability to produce and interpret

contextually appropriate texts Describes how we are able to

respond to both recurring and

new communicative situations

Describes how we use

language to take part in

social and institutional

interactions

Pragmatics Semantics

Interpretation of

language depends

on knowledge of the

real world

Deals with literal meaning

Connected discourse

Typical ways of using language

in particular situations

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