Lesson 1: Discourse analysis

Lesson 1: Discourse analysis

HOMEWORK 1
Read the following definitions and underline the words which help you understand the meaning of references in discourse. Be ready to explain your understanding about references.
1. Reference is the symbolic relationship that a linguistic expression has with the concrete object or abstraction it represents (Glossary of linguistic terms).
2. Reference is the relationship of one linguistic expression to another, in which one provides the information necessary to interpret the other (Glossary of linguistic terms).
3. Reference is the relation that obtains between a use of a linguistic expression and what it stands for or denotes (Arthur Sullivan, Memorial University of Newfoundland)


HOMEWORK 2
Read two texts given below and find out references in the both texts. Relate them to any type of references. Use any method (highlighting, circling, underlining, using arrows etc.) for indicating them.