primer Sedem navad zelo uspešnih ljudi avtorja Stephena R. Coveyja
Tamara Nerat (Author), Katja Plemenitaš (Mentor)

Abstract

The main purpose of the thesis was to explore the discourse characteristics in self-help books on the example of a popular classic of this genre. The aim was a discourse analysis of the self-help manual The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989) by Stephen R. Covey. The book falls under the self-help category and includes typical features which are common for the genre. The thesis presents the distinguishing characteristics and shows the conventions which make it a typical representative of its genre. The main part consists of a discourse analysis of a chapter from the book, discussing the prevailing cohesive relations and its situational and generic coherence. The analysis examines the following cohesive devices: reference chains, typical examples of ellipsis and substitution, conjunction (the use of linking words and lexical ties), typical examples of lexical cohesion (examples of reiteration). The practical value of discourse analysis is in the fact that it displays a text's cohesion and coherence, both of which impact the text's quality and show if a text makes sense as a unified whole. The knowledge of cohesive devices is useful for evaluating texts (helping readers, critics, teachers) and text production (helping writers, journalists, students). The analysis has demonstrated connectedness and unity achieved through the use of cohesive devices and the prevalence of certain cohesive devices which can be linked to the specifics of the genre. The analysis also shows a situational and generic coherence, that is in line with the expectations towards the genre and context. An insight into how the internal organization of the text and content is connected to the register and genre of the text is supplied by the conclusion based on the analysis.

Keywords

master theses;discourse;cohesion;cohesive devices;coherence;register;genre;self-help;self-improvement;habits;Covey;Stephen R.;

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Language: English
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Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
Organization: UM FF - Faculty of Arts
Publisher: [T. Nerat]
UDC: 811.111'42(043.2)
COBISS: 22940168 Link will open in a new window
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary title: Discourse characteristics of self-help books
Secondary abstract: Namen zaključnega dela je bila raziskava jezikovnih značilnosti diskurza v knjigah za samopomoč in osebnostno rast na primeru ene izmed uspešnih del tega žanra. Cilj je bila analiza nekaterih značilnosti v diskurzu knjige za samopomoč: Sedem navad zelo uspešnih ljudi avtorja, Stephena R. Coveyja (1989). Naloga tako prikazuje karakteristike in konvencionalne elemente iz knjige, tipične za to zvrst. Glavni del sestavlja diskurzna analiza izbranega poglavja knjige, razprava prevladujočih kohezivnih sredstev in koherenca (pomenska povezanost) dela v povezavi z žanrom in registrom. V analizi so raziskana naslednja kohezivna sredstva: referenčne verige, tipični primeri elipse in substitucije, uporaba veznikov, tipični primeri leksikalne kohezije (ponavljanje ali iteracija). Uporabnost analize diskurza je v prepoznavanju kohezije in koherence, ki neposredno vplivata na smiselnost in razumevanje besedila. Poznavanje teh sredstev je koristno tako z vidika vrednotenja besedil (v pomoč bralcem, kritikom, učiteljem) kakor za ustvarjanje besedil (v pomoč avtorjem, novinarjem, učencem). Izsledki analize besedila so pokazali, da je delo povezana celota: povezanost in enotnost besedila je dosežena z uporabo kohezivnih sredstev, ujemajočih se s stilom zvrsti knjige. Analiza prav tako nakazuje koherenco, ki je v skladu s pričakovanji glede njenega konteksta. Podrobnejši vpogled v dejstvo, kako tesno je notranja organizacija teksta in vsebine povezana z registrom in žanrom besedila, je strnjen v sintezi analize.
Secondary keywords: magistrska dela;diskurz;kohezija;kohezivna sredstva;koherenca;register;žanr;samopomoč;osebna rast;navade;
URN: URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS): Master's thesis/paper
Thesis comment: Univ. v Mariboru, Filozofska fak., Oddelek za anglistiko in amerikanistiko
Pages: 109 f.
ID: 9251921