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Lecture 7:Discourse
Jarmo Sarkkinen
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Discourse
IS NOT
a verbal expression in speech or writing a conversationa process of reasoning
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Structure/action
Structure
People in a society/group considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
Interaction
We do something in practice as part of this system
Social constraints of action/determinants
Imposed by the structure
These constrain/enable human relations as part of action
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Key issues
• Influence• Sources of power• Relations of struggle• Means of struggle• Representational practice• Social practice• Production/reproduction of structures• Transformation of structures?
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Interpretationand
construction ofmeanings
The role of others
Meaning
Representation
Meaning
Circumstancesof interpretation
Interpreter
Other interpreters
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Verbal and visualrepresentations
• Verbal representations (produced in talk)• Visual representations• Visual representations constrain discussions
more than verbal representations• Some visual representations constrain
discussions more than others• Grammar of visual representations may explain
this
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Explanation
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The surface view
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Dimensions of discourse
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Constituents of discourse
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Assignment
1) What classifications are used in verbal representations constructed in talk?
2) How verbal and visual representations are interpreted and constructed in talk?
3) What constraints can be recognized?
