Analysing Text

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  • Created on: 01-11-20 17:19
List the 4 questions you always have to ask before analysing text?
WHAT is it? WHAT is it ABOUT? WHY was it produced? FOR WHOM was it produced?
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Define PHONETICS
The study and classification of speech sounds
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Define PHONOLOGY
The study of speech sounds of a language and the laws governing them.m
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Define PROSODICS
Relates to rhythm, stress and intonation i.e.the way the speakers voice rises. eg - photo/photograph/photographer or falls.
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Define GRAPHOLOGY
The study of the system of symbols which communicates language in written form.
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Define GRAPHEME
The smallest unit of written communication eg a letter of the alphabet or an exclamation mark.
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Define LEXIS
Choice of words from all the words in a language - long; short; jargon
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Define SEMANTICS
The study of the meaning - the analysis of word meaning and relations between them
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Define GRAMMAR
The system and structure of a language - sentence structure
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Define DISCOURSE
Structure of the whole text
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