Difference- Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis, Anaphoric and Cataphoric References

Difference- Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis, Anaphoric and Cataphoric References

Outline

• Ø Introduction
• Ø Difference between Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis
• Ø Differentiate between Anaphoric and Cataphoric references

Introduction

Discourse analysis is a technique for examining the organization of texts or spoken phrases longer than one sentence while also considering the sociolinguistic context in which they were produced. The study of pragmatics focuses on how context affects meaning. The field of research assesses the link between the interpreter and the interpreted as well as how human language is used in social interactions.

Discourse analysis and pragmatics are sister disciplines that share a tight relationship. Because both pragmatics and discourse analysis examines how language is used in context and employ the text's structure as a shared foundation for analysis. Apart from them, there is a deviation in that their respective foci are different. READ MORE…