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Text As Connected Discourse

The document discusses text as connected discourse, explaining that understanding the discourse is necessary to understand the text. Discourse refers to concepts and ideas, while text refers to the sum of discourses linked together. A text has several key characteristics including cohesion, coherence, intentionality, informativity, acceptability, situationality, and intertextuality. Cohesion focuses on connections between ideas in a sentence or phrase. Coherence concerns how sentences and paragraphs are linked to express a single idea. Intentionality reveals the writer's purpose, such as to inform, persuade, or entertain. Informativity focuses on including new, not widely known information. Acceptability refers to the veracity of the information provided. Situ

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Text As Connected Discourse

The document discusses text as connected discourse, explaining that understanding the discourse is necessary to understand the text. Discourse refers to concepts and ideas, while text refers to the sum of discourses linked together. A text has several key characteristics including cohesion, coherence, intentionality, informativity, acceptability, situationality, and intertextuality. Cohesion focuses on connections between ideas in a sentence or phrase. Coherence concerns how sentences and paragraphs are linked to express a single idea. Intentionality reveals the writer's purpose, such as to inform, persuade, or entertain. Informativity focuses on including new, not widely known information. Acceptability refers to the veracity of the information provided. Situ

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Text as Connected Discourse

As we have discussed in the class, if we speak of Text as Connected Discourse, we will be dragging in two
interrelated concepts – the text and the discourse.

Understanding the discourse is necessary for understanding the text. Discourse is the expression of all
concepts one can conceive, according to its definition. I want that pair of shoes gives us the impression
that someone wants a specific pair of shoes; this notion is regarded as a discourse. Furthermore, the
discourse's ideas could elicit reactions or even spur an action.

In terms of text, it refers to the sum of the discourses. When we link the discourses together, it makes
upa large unit of written language we call a text.A text shall have the following characteristics:

1. Cohesion – the connection of ideas at the sentence level.


2. Coherence – the connection of ideas at the paragraph level.
3. 3. Intentionality – dwells into the purpose of the author/writer.
4. 4. Informativity – the quantity of new information in the text.
5. 5. Acceptability – how factual the pieces of information are.
6. 6. Situationality – the socio-cultural appropriateness of the text. Is it appropriate or acceptable
to the target reader?
7. 7. Intertextuality – the connection of the succeeding discourse to the previous one. It also talks
about the existence of the succeeding text because of the previous one.
8. 8. Situationality – the socio-cultural appropriateness of the text. Is it appropriate or acceptable
to the target reader?
9. 9. Intertextuality – the connection of the succeeding discourse to the previous one. It also talks
about the existence of the succeeding text because of the previous one.

COHESION

It focuses on the connections between the ideas in a particular phrase or sentence. The writer must use
words to separate whatever notion they are trying to convey. The word because, for instance, might be
used by the author to convey a cause and effect in a statement.

COHERENCE

It is concerned with how the sentences and paragraphs are linked together that they would express a
single idea. This is achieved when the writer uses cohesive devices to link the ideas together or to signal
whether he is continuing, opposing, or moving on from the idea of the previous sentence or paragraph.
Cohesive devices such as furthermore, in addition, secondly, moreover, and etc. connote that the writer
is supporting or continuing the previous claim or idea.

INTENTIONALITY
What the writer intended when they created the text is revealed by the intentionality of the text.
Whether that goal is to inform, persuade, or entertain, a text must be written with a purpose in mind. A
text may occasionally be written for the sole purpose of criticism or opinion. Intentionality is
accomplished when a text has a purpose.

INFORMATIVITY

This aspect of the text focuses on how much fresh information is present there. A text is not written to
repeat a well-known idea; rather, it is written to offer fresh insight or perspective. A writer must ensure
that the material they are writing about is not widely known.

ACCEPTABILITY

Are the things you are writing acceptable? Acceptability refers to the veracity of the information
provided. How true the information or ideas expressed? The text shall be accepted by a group or a
number of people especially that of the academic community. It is achieved when it underwent rigorous
vetting.

SITUATIONALITY

This simply refers to the socio-cultural appropriateness of the text. The content of the text shall not be
offensive to any race, sex, religion, etc. A text shall always conform to the situation.

INTERTEXTUALITY

Why an answer exists? Intertextuality refers to the way you understand the succeeding discourse
because of the way you interpret the preceding one. Intertextuality is the idea that a text exists because
of another text or an event.

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