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Discourse Analysis: Self-evaluation Unit 1
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1Modern Linguistics has introduced a concept of "text" that…
- AIs very restrictive
- BIncludes all types of utterances
- CIncludes only written discourse
2De Beaugrande and Dressler (1981) ...
- AView Text Linguistics from a broader perspective than that of Crystal’s (1997)
- BDefine text in terms of three main criteria
- CDefine text as a grammatical category
3According to Tischer et al. (2000), the first two criteria that define "text" (De Beaugrande & Dressler, 1981) ...
- Aare text-external
- Bbelong only to "pure" Text Linguistics
- Care text-internal
4The tradition in Discourse Analysis has always been to ...
- Agive more importance to the text-external criteria of "intentionality", "acceptability", "informativity", situationality" and "intertextuality"
- Bgive more importance to the text than to the context
- Cconsider context as playing a subsidiary role
5According to Schiffrin (1994) and other authors, Discourse Analysis ...
- Ainvolves only the study of context
- Bis devoted to the study of text
- Cincludes the analysis of both text and context
6De Beaugrande & Dressler's (1981) definition of Text Linguistics ...
- Adiffers widely from Schiffrin's (1994) definition of Discourse Analysis
- Bdoes not substantially differ from Schiffrin's (1994), Fasold's (1990), Brown & Yule's (1983) or Candlin's (1997) definition of Discourse Analysis
- Cis exactly the same as Schiffrin's (1994)
7The tendency in Text Linguistics has been to ...
- Apresent a more formal approach than that of Discourse Analysis
- Bpresent a more functional approach than that of Discourse Analysis
- Cbe less formal than any other approach
8Functionalists see language ...
- Amainly as a mental phenomenon
- Bas a predominantly social phenomenon
- Cas an acoustic phenomenon
9Many discourse analysts, like Schiffrin or Slembrouck ...
- Aintegrate both the formal and functional approaches in their study of discourse
- Bdo not mix the formal with the functional approach
- Cprefer the formal to the functional approach
10Discourse studies are ...
- Arestricted to the field of Linguistics
- Bdevoted mainly to social phenomena
- Cessentially multidisciplinary
11Functionalism, Cognitive Linguistics, Linguistics, Pragmatics, Text Linguistics and Discourse Analysis are ...
- Aall relatively new disciplines which are interrelated
- Bcompletely different from one another
- Cvery easily distinguished from one another
12Many scholar's studies, like those of van Dijk or de Beaugrande ...
- Ahave not changed substantially with time
- Bhave evolved from Text Linguistics to Discourse Analysis
- Cdo not show a natural flow of beliefs or ideas
13The current and main aim in Discourse Analysis is to ...
- Astudy the formal aspects of texts
- Bdiscover the functions of language
- Cdescribe language in the context of human interaction
14Zellig Harris (1951, 1952) ...
- Awas a functionalist
- Bwas the first scholar that used the term Discourse Analysis
- Ccriticised Chafe's view of Discourse Analysis
15According to Schiffrin (1994), "utterances" are ...
- Awritten or spoken linguistic units that are inherently contextualised
- Bunits which are essentially and only sequential and syntactic
- Cpurely linguistic units
16Discourse is multi-modal because it ...
- Aembodies one semiotic system
- Bincludes laughter in its study
- Cuses more than one semiotic system
17Whetherell et al (2001) ...
- Awrite about four possible approaches to Discourse Analysis
- Bwrite about only two models of analysis
- Cdo not distinguish between models
18Discourse analysts are ...
- Amore interested in the grammatical aspects of language than in the details of its context
- Bmore concerned with the actions of speakers or writers than with the formal relationships between sentences
- Cnot particularly interested in body language
19In general, we may say that discourse analysts are ...
- Aonly interested in different types of conversations
- Bnot interested in the written language
- Cmainly concerned with the study of language in use
20In order to carry out their analyses, discourse analysts ...
- Avery frequently use linguistic corpora as their data
- Bwork only with written documents
- Calways use recorded conversations as texts
21The type of discourse the analyst is going to study depends mainly on ...
- Athe research question
- Bwhat the researcher likes to do
- Chow the data are collected
22The different approaches to Discourse Analysis ...
- Aall share the same methods of collecting data
- Btake different views about collecting and analysing data
- Call work with naturally-occurring language
23Downloading material from the internet ...
- Amay be a procedure for data collection
- Bis a method of Discourse Analysis
- Cis the best method for data collection
24A "transcript" is ...
- Aa process of data collection
- Ba document that reflects the spoken discourse to be analysed
- Ca complex type of discourse research
25Transcriptions ...
- Aare always completely neutral and objective
- Btry to show the different variables that intervene in the discourse studied
- Calways include contextual factors
26Each analyst ...
- Auses various notation systems
- Buses the notation system that best suits his / her objectives
- Cincludes tone groups in the notation used
27Transcription conventions ...
- Ashould always be explained and made clear to the reader
- Bshould always be used in the same way by all researchers
- Cshould be different for each study
28It is a well-known fact that, in an experiment ...
- Athe participants and the researcher have equal power
- Bthere are no power issues
- Cthe researcher has more power that the other participants
29It is an ethical requirement in discourse analysis that ...
- Athe researchers protect all the participants
- Bthe researchers pay for the services of the participants
- Cthe participants hide their names
30Corpus-based analysis ...
- Anormally uses both quantitative and qualitative techniques of analysis
- Bdoes not normally have an empirical nature
- Cis always theoretical in nature
31The use of corpora ...
- Aallows us to work with the spoken language only
- Bdoes not favour the analysis of small fragments of discourse
- Callows the researcher to analyse patterns of use in language
32Corpus-based analysis ...
- Ahas brought a reliability of analysis never reached before
- Bhas many disadvantages
- Ccan only be carried out by means of computers
33Concordance computer programmes ...
- Aturn electronic texts into talk
- Btransform the texts into databases than can be searched
- Care not used much by linguists nowadays
34The BNC is a corpus ...
- Athat has been classified in terms of a national variety
- Bof spoken British English
- Cshowing mainly historical variation
35The aims of research ...
- Ahave nothing to do with the corpus chosen for analysis
- Bwill vary if we use different corpora in the analysis
- Cwill determine the type of corpus used in the analysis
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