Folklor/Edebiyat

Abstract

In recent years, scientific studies on the structure and functioning of the terms
discourse and text have gained momentum, and different approaches have been
proposed. The multifaceted nature of the terms discourse and text sometimes
leads to confusion, to the extent that in academic studies, these concepts are
occasionally used interchangeably. It is important to elimination of uncertainty in
scientific studies, in which respect the concepts of discourse and text, defined by
different disciplines such as linguistics, textlinguistics, communicative linguistics,
semantics, ethnology, pragmatics, philosophy, psychology, sociology, form
similarity or difference. Although discourse research is rooted in the West, Russian
studies are increasing day by day. Studies conducted through the Moscow School
(V. I. Tyupa), which defines discourse as a communicative phenomenon, and the
Volgograd School (N. D. Arutyunova), which sees discourse as a coherent text
with extra-linguistic, pragmatic, sociocultural, psychological, etc. factors, give
direction to discourse research. In this context, the theoretical definitions of the
concepts of discourse and text made by Russian linguists in the light of Russian
linguistic research, the points where the two terms are used interchangeably, their
scope and limitations are discussed comparatively. The aim of the study is to
bring the schools, linguists and the theories developed by Russian linguists on the
discourse field to the Turkish literature and to reveal the communicative aspect of
the concepts of discourse and text with Russian text examples. In the study, using
the qualitative research method, resources on discourse in Russia were provided
and a comparative analysis of academic studies was carried out.