The document discusses the concept of text as connected discourse, emphasizing its role in communication through uttered speech and written language. It covers the definitions and types of morphemes, the study of text linguistics, and the importance of coherence and cohesion in creating meaning and flow in texts. Overall, it highlights how segments of text are interrelated and contribute to their overall significance.

1. Text as a Connected
Discourse
Reading and Writing

2. Discourse
▪It is the conceptual generalization of communication
▪Uttered talk, speech, discussion and conversation
▪An extended expression of thoughts and ideas

3. Text
▪Came from the Old French word textus which means
“the scriptures”
▪A large unit of written language
▪A group of ideas that have been combined together to
have a main idea

5. Morphology
Types of Morphemes: Definition:
Free Morpheme A type of morpheme that could function
independently as a word
Bound Morpheme A type of morpheme that are bounded meaning to
say, it could not function independently as a word.
- Uses affixes (prefixes & suffixes)
▪Morpheme – the smallest grammatical unit of language

6. Text Linguistics
▪It is a branch of linguistics that studies texts as a way of
relaying information or communication
▪The presentation of language as sets of sentences
▪Logical Meaning – the language gives meaning or
understanding to the text

7. Text as a Connected Discourse
▪It is the string of individual target segments joined
together in series (sentences)
▪Each segment influences the segments around it

8. Text as a Connected Discourse
▪Coherence
▪This is what makes the text semantically meaningful
▪Gives its writing its flow

9. Text as a Connected Discourse
▪Cohesion
▪It concerns the ways in which the components of text
are connected within the sequence
▪The use of repetition, transitional expressions and
other cohesive cues