Understanding Discourse and Textuality in Communication

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Discourse and Language in Context

Discourse is language in context, given in a social context, and involves interaction.

• Channel (Spoken, Written)
• Agent (Monologue, Dialogue, Multilogue)
• Register (Formal, Informal)
• Social Context
• Purpose (Transactional, Interactional)
• Context
  • Embedded, Reduced
  • Setting: Physical interaction
  • Behavioral Environment: Kinesics
  • Language: Co-text
  • Extrasituational
• Genre (Instructive, Narrative, Descriptive, Persuasive, Informative, Expository)

Text forms are the representation of text