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What was Zellig Harris' main interest in introducing discourse analysis?
What was Zellig Harris' main interest in introducing discourse analysis?
- Combining language features in particular kinds and styles of texts
- The relationship between linguistic and non-linguistic behavior (correct)
- Examining language beyond the level of the sentence
- Describing how language features are distributed within texts
According to Harris, where does connected discourse occur?
According to Harris, where does connected discourse occur?
- In a specific literary or scientific tradition
- In isolated sentences
- Within a particular situation (correct)
- Only in conversations
What did Harris argue about discourses?
What did Harris argue about discourses?
- They share particular meanings and have characteristic linguistic features (correct)
- They have no particular meanings and no characteristic linguistic features
- They share particular meanings but have no characteristic linguistic features
- They have characteristic linguistic features but no particular meanings
In discourse analysis, what is of central interest?
In discourse analysis, what is of central interest?
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According to Harris, how do people interpret what someone says?
According to Harris, how do people interpret what someone says?
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