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Speech Act Theory

This post includes a detailed explanation of Speech Act Theory along with Austin’s speech acts and Searle’s speech acts. In discourse analysis, speech act theory is a subfield of pragmatics that studies how words are used not only to present information but also to carry out actions. The speech act …

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Context Meaning in Discourse

Context Meaning in Discourse

This post includes a detailed analysis of Context Meaning in Discourse along with a description of the types of context in discourse. Let’s have a look at Context Meaning in Discourse: The context in discourse analysis is the social system or structural framework in which a conversation takes place. For …

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Theme and Rheme in Discourse

Theme and Rheme in Discourse

This post includes a detailed analysis of Theme and Rheme in Discourse along with different types of themes in discourse. Let’s have a look at Theme and Rheme in Discourse: The theme is the starting point of a clause or a sentence; that is, what the clause is ‘about’. The …

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