Shovak O. I. Fundamentals of the Theory of Speech Communication

the text type, or genre (for example, an election poster, a recipe, a sermon);

its topic, purpose, and function;

the immediate temporaty and physical setting of the text;

the text’s wider social, cultural, and historical setting;

writer (speaker) and reader (hearer);

the relationships holding between the writer (speaker) and reader (hearer);

the associations with other similar or related text types (intertextuality);

Self-check test

1. 
   What is text linguistics?
   
2. 
   What are the possible classifications of texts?
   
3. 
   What does functional classification of texts include?
   
4. 
   What does situational classification of texts include?
   
5. 
   What does strategic classification of texts deal with?
   
6. 
   Describe the nature of text.
   
7. 
   What makes the nature of discourse?
   
8. 
   Point to the difference between textual and contextual meaning.
   

Recommended Readings

1. 
   Beaugrande R. de, Dressier W. Introduction to Text Linguistics. - Longman Pub Group, 1981. - 288 p.
   
2. 
   Clark E. History, Theory, Text: Historians and the Linguistic Turn. - Harvard University Press, 2004. - 336 p.
   
3. 
   Halliday M. A.K. Linguistic Studies of Text and Discourse - Continuum, 2006.-320 p.
   
4. 
   Forey G., Thompson G. Text Type and Texture (Functional Linguistics). - Equinox Publishing, 2010. - 304 p.
   
5. 
   Jargen E. Introduction to English Text-linguistics (Textbooks in English Language and Linguistics). - Peter Lang, 2009. - 210 p.
   
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