Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
SESSION 2 (15/03/2018)
Layers of analysis:
Non critical discursive layers:
1. Analyzing the contextual parameters of the
text.
2. Analyzing the text structure.
3. Analyzing the discourse type.
CIRCULAR APPROACH
Integration of approaches
Description of a text
Interpretation of the relationship between
text and interaction
Explanation of the relationship between
interaction and social context
writing
to be spoken
Rewording
Synonymy COHESIVE DEVICES
Antonymy
Hyponymy
Synonyms Antonyms
conceive ≡ create add ≠detract
liberty ≡ freedom remember ≠forget
ground ≡ field the living ≠these
dedicate ≡ consecrate honored dead
≡ hallow
brought forth/
struggled ≡ fought
conceive/create/
the earth ≡ the world
birth ≠died/ perish
nation ≡ government
all men ≡ people
(have) died ≡ perish
world
earth
continent
nation
battlefield
(I suggest…):
(10b)-- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion
to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure
of devotion
(10c)-- that we here highly resolve [[that these dead shall not
have died in vain]
(I promise)
(10d)-- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of
freedom
(10e)-- and that government of the people, by the people, for the
people, shall not perish from the earth.
Coherence: Superstructure
Paragraph 1:
Introduction of discourse topic: Fighting for a democratic
nation.
Paragraph 2:
Mention to the social act they are engaged in (transition for
development of discourse topic)
Paragraph 3:
(6-10c) Development of discourse topic (body of the text)
(10d-10e) Conclusion
Shared knowledge/values:
They are the inheritors of the pioneers
They are engaged in a Civil War
They should honor their dead
They share some kind of religious belief
They bury their dead as a cultural habit
Procession of dignitaries
Opening prayer
Ode for the occasion
Formal address
Formula of dedication
Closing prayer
Recessional
Discourse type:
Gettysburg Cemetery ceremony program
Metaphors