The document provides an overview of discourse analysis, including its origin, importance, differences between text and discourse, linguistic functions, cohesive devices, interpersonal functions, conventions of conversations, cooperative principle, and background knowledge. It discusses how discourse analysis was first employed by Zelling Harris and defines discourse analysis as the study of how stretches of language used in communication assume meaning, purpose and unity for their users.

2. Discourse Analysis presented to Madam Rabia Akram by Muhammad Sajid us Salam Mphil Linguistics Islamia University Bahawalpur [email_address]

14. Coherence and cohesion Textual function

18. Conversational Interaction The underlying rules of conversation that people implicitly follow (Interpersonal function)

25. Co-operative principle Interpersonal function

29. Background Knowledge Interpersonal function

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