Introduction to text linguistics

Introduction to text linguistics

Mubashirxon Bektoshev

TEXT LINGUISTICS

• Text linguistics is also known as written discourse analysis. It seeks to analyze texts beyond the level of the sentence, typically but not necessarily in their situational context.
• Text linguistics tends to focus on the patterns of how information flows within and among sentences by looking at aspects of texts like coherence, cohesion, the distribution of topics and comments, and other discourse structures..

Definition

"The linguistic analysis and description of extended texts, either written or spoken. “

From The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics

When it comes to the opinions about how to learn about text linguistics, everybody has different ideas as most people say it is better to look through the books about text linguistics while others prefer searching through the Internet for different sources.

When it comes to the opinions about how to learn about text linguistics, everybody has different ideas as most people say it is better to look through the books about text linguistics while others prefer searching through the Internet for different sources.

However, the most effective and preferable way, according to most scientists and scholars, is through the analysis of full texts, both spoken and written ones.

What are “coherence” and “cohesion” in text linguistics?