LINGUIST 2E03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Semiotics, Discourse Analysis, Warren Weaver

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LINGUIST 2E03
• Professor: Magda Stroinska

Document Summary

Investigate a variety of styles and registers, from conversational to the literary and academic. We will learn about theoretical approaches to textual analysis. We will research a variety of language uses in modern society. Style: notion rather than substantive concept (difficult to define) Communication: speaker/author and hearer/reader exchanging information or discourse / text. W what are the outcomes of the communication. Depending on the intentions and articulation of speech, the same words can mean different things in different situation eg. great job sarcastic or genuine, sick ill or cool. Exchange of words that need to be seen in context and interpreted in context. Context includes, speaker, hearer, their relationship, the time, reason of exchange of words, could be face to face additional body language, or not in person where body language and facial expressions aren"t present. Much more than just the exchange of words. Proposed in 1947, called the mother of all models .