UNIT 33

UNIT 33

1. TEXT AND CONTEXT

   • TEXT: Quirk; semantic unit
   • CONTEXT: Malinowski; Firth; Dell Hymes; Hallidays (context of situation, culture, co-text)
   • Criteria for textuality
     • -Coherence
       • - Cohesion
       • - Intentionality
         • - Intertextuality

2. TYPES OF TEXTS

   • Narrative; Descriptive; Expository; Argumentative; Instructional; Dialogic

3. DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS

   • CHARACTERISTICS
     • PROCEDURES: Anchorage; Aspectualisation; Relating; Sub-thematisation
     • Organisational features
       • - Spatial frame
         • - Temporal frame
           • - Thematic organisation
             • - Stylistic devices
     • Lexical features
       • - Spatial signs
         • - Temporal signs
           • - Lexical nets
             • - Lexical use of the senses
     • Grammatical features
       • - Tenses -> simple past + simple present
         • - Nouns -> precise name
           • - Adjectives -> qualify
   • CLASSIFICATION
     • Object of description
       • - Ethopeia
         • - Topography
           • - Chronography
             • - Prosopography
         • - Portrait
           • - Parallel
             • - Picture
     • Literary trend in vogue
       • - Expressive: point of view
         • - Representative: Realism
           • - Decorative: Greek/Roman
           • - Productive: Symbolism, Expressionism
     • Descriptive procedure
       • - Descriptions of places
         • - Description of people
         • - Descriptions of objects
           • - Descriptions of actions
   • STRUCTURE
     • Procedures
       • Step, chain, balance
     • The descriptive sequence
       • Encyclopedia; diagram