OJV1 Introduction to Text Analysis Final revision December 23, 2016 1
• Explain the most important structural and functional differences between sentences and texts. • Explain the concept of lexeme. Provide one example of a lexeme in English. • Explain the difference between lexeme and morpheme. • What is lexical ambiguity? Provide two examples in English. 2
• What is the basic meaning of the word ’discourse’? What is the scope of the term discourse in textual analysis? • List and explain the three most important aspects (or patterns) of text structure. • Explain the difference between lexical and grammatical cohesion of a text structure.
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• What is Text Linguistics? What is its focus of interest? • What is your understanding of the term intertextuality?
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• What is logic in textual analysis? How does it work? • Define the concept of a syllogism and provide one example. • How would you explain the concept of a logical fallacy?
The following lines from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by S.T.Coleridge are the example of: “Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.� a) b) c) d)
Irony Metaphor Monologue Narration
Read the following text first, then and identify and chronologically organize the sentences from the paragraph into two different texts. The first text is an advertisement for a charity organization. The second text is a short political speech.
Here is the truth about unemployment. Those who try to fool the electors. $3 pays for two hoes for a refugee family in Mozambique. Thank you! It’s a waste. Individuals suffer. Families suffer. The nation suffers. Here is another. Young people, sixteen, no qualifications, never had a job. A gift from you can bring lasting changes to people’s lives. Madam Chairman, ladies and gentleman. Graduates with lots of qualifications, still can’t get a job. This envelope changes lives. Madam Chairman, unemployment is still far too high. $5 helps to provide clean water for 50 families in Zambia. Professionals, 45, never been out of work, are suddenly made redundant. There are two kinds of politicians. $1.25 buys a bag of cement to line a well in Ethiopia. For 50 years Oxfam has fought poverty in the third world by helping people to help themselves. That is the first truth. And those who tell the truth. Now, please give what you can! Politicians don’t create jobs. Businessmen do. 7