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ENG223 Discourse Analysis

4.0 Conclusion

The major concepts in Discourse Analysis discussed in this Unit are meant to help you to understand what we shall be spending our time discussing in the better part of this course. They are concepts you will come across from time to time and a good grounding in them will help you to interpret them whenever you come across them in future in any of the modules ahead of this.

5.0 Summary
In this Unit, we have examined some major concepts, which are meant to help to be more grounded in the whole course. Such concepts are widely used in other disciplines, but what we have been able to do in this Unit is to explain them as they are used in the field of language study. Text and context are very important concepts in discourse. While text is what we analyze, context helps us to understand the text better, thereby having a more accurate interpretation.
6.0 Tutor-marked Assignment

Write a detailed essay with adequate illustrations on the difference between speech and writing.
7.0 References/Further Reading
Halliday, M.A.K., & Hasan, R. (1985). Language, context, and text aspects of
language in a social-semiotic perspective. Oxford Oxford University Press.

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Unit 3: Kinds of Discourse
Contents
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Unit Objectives
3.0 Spoken Discourse
3.1 Monologue
3.2 Dialogue
3.3 Multilogue
3.4 Conversation
3.5 Written Discourse
3.6 Interpersonal Discourse
4.0 Conclusion
5.0 Summary
6.0 Tutor-marked Assignment
7.0 References/Further Reading
1.0 Introduction
This Unit introduces you to the kinds of discourse we have. The term discourse is so widely applied that we need to delimit it and identify some of the kinds of discourse that discourse analysts are particularly interested in. Such types of discourse include spoken discourses, such as monologue, dialogue, multilogue and conversation. We shall also look at written discourse and the different types, and lastly, interpersonal discourse.

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