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Functional analysis

Discourse analysis

Analyse

Interpretations

Intentions

DO

USE

System

In use

Topic/activity

Broader contexts

Functional approach

Formal - Functional

Integrated

"Utterances"

Bodily lexis

Dramatization

Sign language

Linguistic content

Purposes/functions

Propositional content

Contextual content

Cultural

Social

Formal approach

Harris (1951)

Criticized

Levels

Unit of language

Text-external

Discourse Analysis (DA)

Current Aim

Describe Language

Multidisciplinary

Studies

Includes

TL

Functional Approach

Language

Social phenomenon

Context

Text-internal

Constitute

Text Linguistics (TL)

Formal Approach

Languague

Mental Phenomenon

Discourse Analysis

Text

Communicative event

Intertextuality

situationality

Informativity

Intentionality

Acceptability

Coherence

Cohesion

Utterance

Modern Linguistics

Written Language

Spoken Language

Approaches to DA

Social practice

Language use

Beyond the sentence

Discourse

Discourse analysis