Table 1 and table 2

Mid-term Test on Discourse Analysis
Variant 2


Task 1. Identify main conversational features of Spoken Discourse. Use the information provided in TABLE 1 and TABLE 2 below after the sample answers.

Task 2. Answer the questions.

1.What is the genre, mode, audience and purpose of the text?

2.What is the register of the text? Underline signaling vocabulary in the text.

3. Identify conversational features of spoken discourse and highlight them in different colours (Sample 1) or comment on the spot (Sample 2).

4. What type of Grammar is used there in the text?(Descriptive Grammar or Prescriptive Grammar) Justify your answer with some evidence.( Answering this question is optional. Before answering do self study and investigate these two types of grammar.)