Shovak O. I. Fundamentals of the Theory of Speech Communication

A: Got the time? B: No, I told you, I lost my watch. A: Oh, sony, I forgot.
But it is quite common for participants not to realize that there has been a breakdown and to continue conversing at cross purposes.Everyday conversation is so habitual that it is easy to forget its status as a genre, with its own norms and conventions, often very different from those used in written speech.
Self-check test

1. 
   What is discourse analysis?
   
2. 
   Z.Harris used the term .... (what term was used)?
   
3. 
   What was initiated by Harvey Sacks?
   
4. 
   Define discourse.
   
5. 
   Describe the connection between discourse and social practice.
   
6. 
   What is conversation?
   
7. 
   What is exchange in conversation?
   
8. 
   What is convergence or accomodation?
   
9. 
   What are the requirements for successful conversation?
   
10. 
    Describe 4 maxims of communication.
    

Recommended Readings

1. 
   Harris Z. Discourse Analysis Reprints. - Mouton: ISt Edition edition, 1963.-73 p.
   
2. 
   Howarth D. Discourse (Concepts in the Social Sciences). - Open University Press, 2000. - 176 p.
   
3. 
   Hymes D. Language in Culture and Society: A Reader in Linguistics and Anthropology. - HarperCollins, 1977.
   
4. 
   Garfinkel H. Studies in Ethnomethodology. - Polity, 1991. - 304 p.
   
5. 
   Gee J. An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method. - Routledge, 2010,- 224 p.
   
6. 
   Gee J. Social Linguistics and Literacies: Ideology in Discourses. - Routledge, 2011. - 248 p.
   
7. 
   Grenoble L. Endangered Languages: Language Loss and Community Response. - Cambridge University Press, 2000. - 320 p.
   
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