This document discusses discourse analysis and provides definitions and examples. It defines discourse analysis as the study of language in use and how it relates to society, culture, and thought. It is used in several disciplines including linguistics, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics. The document also discusses why discourse analysis is studied, such as to better understand how language and good texts work. It notes the diversity of discourse and analysis, which involves language above the sentence level. Finally, it provides definitions of pidgin and creole languages and an example using Jamaican creole.

1. Discourse Analysis
By
Nuraini
Yayah zaqiyah
Rofiqoh laila sari
Lidia luthfia
Diah ekaning tyas

2. Discourse analysis
Definition
Why we learn discourse
analysis
The diverse of discourse
analysis
Pidgin and creole in
discourse analysis

3. What is Discourse analysis?
 Discourse Analysis is an increasingly
popular and important area of
language study. It discusses not only
about language itself but also how it
relates with society, culture, and
thought. It is used to describe
activities in several disciplines, such
as linguistics, sociolinguistics and
psycholinguistics.

5. Why Study Discourse Analysis?
 As linguists, to find out how language
works, to improve our understanding of
an important kind of human activity
 As educators, to find out how good texts
work, so that we can focus on teaching
our students these writing/speaking
strategies.
 As critical analists, to discover meanings
in the text which are not obvious on the
surface (e.g., analysing a politician’s
speech to see their preconceptions).

6. The diversity of discourse and
discourse analysis
 Discourse is language above the sentence
level.
 Discourse constitutes the social;
distinguished-knowledge, social relations,
and social identity.
 The analysis of discourse is the analysis
language in use.
 Language as an instrument of
communication, whose expression is
discourse.
 The analysis of the functions of language
can be referred to as discourse analysis.

7. Definition of pidgin
 pidgin is a language with no native
speakers: it is no one’s first language but
is a contact language

8. definition
• A creole is a pidgin that has become the
first language of a new generation of
speakers.
An example of a creole
 Jamaican creole is mixed with English
and African. For example : instead of
saying me they say mi. This sentence is
written in
 Jamaican creole: Unu cya lissen to we
mi say!
English is : Cant you listen to
what I'm saying!