Graphology and Discourse Structure

Graphology:

Typography:
-Formality of font
-Appeal to target audience
-SIZE OF FONT, headlines relation to text
Author name relative

Symbolic signs/logos= connotation of cultural models
--> defined by cultural convention

Orthography:
Spelling, punctuation, capitalisation = visual effect


Image- relates to texts: multi-modal communication,. computer-mediated

Text layout, empty space, shape of text


Discourse structure:

Written MODE:

  • Recognisable patterns in structure- key phrases which shape strucutre>
    • relates to conventions of genre, register, audience
  • Paragraphing
    • Fluency markers= enable lexical cohesion b/w paragraphs
  • Asynchronous: does not flow, not an immediate reply: FORUM
Spoken MODE:
  • Phatic conventions
  • Turn-taking
  • Back-channelling
  • Topic management- relative power of interlocutor
  • Non-fluency markers
    • Pauses, hesitations
    • False starts
    • Fillers
  • SYNCHRONOUS discourse

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