Student resources for Chapter 09: Discourse
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Accompanying audio files for Chapter 9: Discourse |
Study guide for Chapter 09: Discourse
Terminology
You should be able to simply define or explain the following terms and concepts.
| Discourse | Fragmentary Unit | Terminal Pitch Contour |
| Genre | Topic of Conversation | Climax |
| Intonation | Narrative Schema | Coda |
| Intonation Unit | Complicating Action | Substantive Unit |
| Regulatory Unit | Identifiability | New, Accessible, and Given Activation States |
Skills
On completion of this chapter, you should be able to perform the following tasks
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Read transcription of conversational discourse that indicates prosodic categories.
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Identify intonation units and discuss how each relates to the topic.
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Discuss the relationship between prosody and intonation units.
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Distinguish between substantive, regulatory, and fragmentary intonation units and give examples of them.
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Identify the functions that intonation units have in navigating a topic of conversation.
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Identify structural elements of a narrative.
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Determine whether the activation state of an idea is given, new, or accessible.
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Determine whether the referent of a noun phrase is identifiable or non-identifiable.
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Discuss why studying discourse contributes to a broader understanding of languages and linguistic structure.
