Informational dialogues

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 467.

Informational style

Semantic method

Methods of phonological analysis.

The aim — identification of the phonemes and finding out the patterns of relationship and how sounds are grouped.

Each language has different number of phonemes and allophones.

Sounds affect the meaning or not (dark and light l)

Based on the rule that phonemes can distinguish word and morphemes when opposed to one another; great significance to meaning.

Commutation test: minimal pair of words and their grammatical forms. (pin — bin, but pit — spit)

System of oppositions, in at least one position in at least one minimal pair.

Minimal pair — a pair of words or morphemes that are differenciated by only one phoneme in the same position.

Should be opposed in word-initial, -medial and –final positions

Kinds of oppositions: single, double and triple

+ distributional method

Factors for dialogue-monologue dichotomy:

1. the subject matter of a talk, its randomness

2. inexplicitness of the speech

3. incompleteness of utterances

4. the redundancy of vocal expression

Types of dialogues:

— specialized talks on serious subject matters

— discussions of serious problems

— debates

— everyday conversations

They all are based on degree of seriousness of the subject matter and formality of the occasion

— D. — is a coordinated simultaneous speech of 2 part.

— Attention-getting functions

— Hesitation

— + non-verbal communication

— Lexical and grammatical level (errors)

— Introductions, afterthoughts

— Loosely coordinated clauses