Discourse analysis is the study of language and its relationship to context. It focuses on what people mean rather than just what they say or write. Discourse analysis considers cultural background, register, text structure, communicative competence, pragmatics, social construction of reality, situated identities, performance, and intertextuality. Spoken discourse differs from written discourse in terms of grammatical intricacy, lexical density, contextualization, spontaneity, nominalization, explicitness, repetition, hesitation, and redundancy.

1. DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
STUDENT: VALENTINA ESPINOSA MORA
TEACHER: HECTOR VEGA PINOCHET

2. WHAT IS D.A?
It is the study of language
and its relationship with
the context.

3. CHARACTERISTICS OF D.A
• RELEVANCE GIVEN TO WHAT PEOPLE “MEAN” MORE THAN
WHAT THEY ACTUALLY SAY OR WRITE.
• CULTURAL BACKGROUND.
• REGISTER.
DISCOURSE STRUCTURE
TEXTS
• TO KNOW THE LANGUAGE AND HOW TO USE IT IN ORDER TO
COMMUNICATE.
COMMUNICATIVE
COMPETENCE AND
DISCOURSE
DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
AND PRAGMATICS

4. VIEWS OF D.A
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE REALITY.
SOCIAL SITUATED IDENTITIES.
PERFORMANCE.
INTERTEXTUALITY.

5. SPOKEN DISCOURSE VS WRITTEN
DISCOURSE
GRAMMATICAL INTRICACY
LEXICAL DENSITY
CONTEXTUALIZATION
SPONTANEOUS

6. SPOKEN DISCOURSE VS WRITTEN
DISCOURSE
NOMINALIZATION
EXPLICITNESS
REPETITION, HESITATION AND REDUNDANCY
CONTINUUM