Discourse Analysis and Vocabulary

• Discourse Analysis and Vocabulary

Vocabulary and the Organizing of Text

• Discourse Analysis and Vocabulary

• Vocabulary and the Organizing of Text
• Signaling Larger Textual Patterns
• Register and Signaling Vocabulary
• Modality
• Conclusion

• 3.5 Vocabulary and the Organizing of Text

• Vocabulary and the Organizing of Text: The Systems of Vocabulary

• Vocabulary

• Closed Systems

• Discourse Systems

• Open Systems

• Grammar Words
• Function Words
• Empty Words

• Lexical Words
• Content Words
• Full Words

Closed Systems

• Closed and Open Systems of Vocabulary

• Closed Systems
• Grammar Words
• Function Words
• Empty Words

• Open Systems
• (open-ended, creative)
• Lexical Words
• Content Words
• Full Words

Here I want to spend time examining this issue. First, I propose to look briefly at the history of interest in the problem, then spend some time on its origins and magnitude before turning to an assessment of the present situation and approaches to its solution. Finally, I want to have a short peek at possible future prospects.

• Example (3.9)

• Here I want to spend time examining this issue. First, I propose to look briefly at the history of interest in the problem, then spend some time on its origins and magnitude before turning to an assessment of the present situation and approaches to its solution. Finally, I want to have a short peek at possible future prospects.
• DISCOURSE-ORGANIZING WORDS
• issue—problem—assessment—solution

this  preceding text check-up

• The Characteristics of Some Discourse-organizing Words in the Above Passage

• this  preceding text check-up
• issue  anticipating problem-solving processes
• problem  seeking for solutions
• assessment  performing evaluation of the problem and providing solutions
• solution  fulfillment of task

• What Has the Passage Revealed So Far?

	status	phenomenon	lacking items
topic	unknown	obscure	subject matter, lexicalization
field	unknown	obscure	vocabulary content, lexicalization
structure	problem-solution text	transparent
tenor	formal text	transparent
tense	traditional application	transparent