A Discourse Analysis Of Four Writings Essay

Any given form of writing is usually meant to convey a given information theme or even to evoke a certain feeling. Virtually every writing can be subjected to a discourse analysis whose findings can be reported in the form a reflective essay, having analyzed how information in the given piece of writing has been presented to the reader, the feelings that the writing evoke and most importantly, the use of language in the given piece of writing. Writings in music, are not exempted, and can also be subjected to discourse analysis;a pragmatic presupposition of language which aims at discussing the regularities in language use. This paper revolves around all the approaches to discourse analysis with particular attention to critical and socio-cognitive discourse studies, all of which are not differentiated in the paper. Discourse analysis is form analysis that all writing and spoken forms of communication can be subjected to in terms of language use.

Firstly, it is worth noting that the four works presented for this analysis are in written form. This implies that all the writers had ample time to pause through single words they were writing without being interrupted by an interlocutor. Such an environment is no prevalent to a person who is passing information by word of mouth. Again the writers could easily access what they said earlier; a provision that is not available to people who pass information verbally.

Technical terms that are particular to music production have been used in the paper and hence the paper is unsuitable for anyone who does not belong to the music industry. The technical terms used are terms like Song Plugging, which the according to the writer is term used to refer to music executives that are served with the role of promoting music that has been composed by others. Other technical terms that have been used in this paper are Translations License and Print License imply the authorization by the publisher translations of a song and the printing of song lyrics in print like books and magazines respectively.

This writer also uses morphemes in the paper. For instance, I am able to identify some morphemes in words like ‘publisher’ and ‘responsible’ in which the affixes can be differentiated from the bases; all with the aim of enabling the writer transmit the information to the target audience effectively. Further, the writing style is formal; I find no use of personal pronounce referring to the writer nor the use of a word that are only permissible for use in informal writing. Indentifying whether the writing falls in the interactional or transactional view is huddled due to lack of suggestive words that are would have me to make such informed decisions.