Vladimir Ž. Jovanović
DISCOURSE
ANALYSIS
Lecture 7
Context in
Discourse
, Context in Discourse
Interpretation
Language - dipped in the ELR we
live in, the environment is very
important for the proper
interpretation of language.
Our linguistic competence (the
knowledge of the language) can be
put to communicative purpose only
in a specific and appropriate
surroundings.
, Schema
The language we use in
communication does not come
unexpectedly “out of the blue”.
It is inextricably immersed in the
culture of the people who use it, a
constituent part of their
continuous individual and social
lives.
, Schema
Language is always related to
what we know and believe.
These are schematic
structures of our knowledge
and we engage them to make
sense of language at the
broadest scale.
DISCOURSE
ANALYSIS
Lecture 7
Context in
Discourse
, Context in Discourse
Interpretation
Language - dipped in the ELR we
live in, the environment is very
important for the proper
interpretation of language.
Our linguistic competence (the
knowledge of the language) can be
put to communicative purpose only
in a specific and appropriate
surroundings.
, Schema
The language we use in
communication does not come
unexpectedly “out of the blue”.
It is inextricably immersed in the
culture of the people who use it, a
constituent part of their
continuous individual and social
lives.
, Schema
Language is always related to
what we know and believe.
These are schematic
structures of our knowledge
and we engage them to make
sense of language at the
broadest scale.
