Discourse analysis

1. What is meant by the term 'cohesion' in the study of texts?

2. How would you describe this short exchange in terms of the actions per­formed by the speakers'?

Motorist: My car needs a new exhaust system

Mechanic: I'll be busy with this other car all day

3. What do you think is meant by the term 'turn-taking' in conversation?

4. What are the four maxims of the co-operative principle?

5. Which maxim docs (his speaker seem to he particularly careful about:

Well, to be quite honest, I don't think she is ill today.