Theoretical research on the history of text linguistics

• Author: Elsa Vula
• Position: University of Gjakova (Kosovo)
• Pages: 38-45

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Theoretical research on the histor

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of text linguistic

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The purpose of this theoretical research on the history of text linguistics elaborates on the

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mportance of text linguistics and its role in wri en language. Firstly, it has been given its

h

istory and the great movement from analysis of sentence structure to sentence meaning and

the changes that were done many centuries ago related to text analysis. The paper continues to

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laborate on the origin of the text and its signif‌i cance in wri en language as given by di erent

linguists. The second part of this theoretical research involves division of text linguistics based

on four directions and provides an elaboration for each of them.

A

nd the last focus of this

p

aper analyses the internal part of text by continuing on presentation of seven text criteria

which show their si

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nif‌i cance and role in writin

g

a well-formed text.

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y

words

:

division of text linguistics, internal part of text, text analysis, text linguistics, text’s

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r

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ia

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oduc

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io

n

T

ext linguistics is

p

art o

f

the stud

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o

f

linguistics which deals with the

f

ormation

of

the text, its construction, meaning, etc. Language is one o

f

the basic elements o

f

a

n

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countr

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, an

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its

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istor

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is e

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lly

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p

ortant to

b

e

k

nown in or

d

er to get

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ee

ply

i

n other elements o

f

text linguistics.

A

ccording to Çeliku (2005:21) text linguists

was started as a new linguistics disci

p

line in the middle o

f

60’s o

f

the last centur

y

i

n German

y

.

A

ccording to Dibra and Var

f‌i

(1999) on the hal

f

o

f

y

ears’ 60 thoughts

a

nd h

yp

othesis o

f

di

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erent scholars and linguists started to agree on the common

l

inguistic notion o

f

anal

y

sis be

y

ond sentence, which

p

racticall

y

means agreeing on

“trans

f

rastic anal

y

sis” (the anal

y

sis be

y

ond sentence).

I

n the 70s it was shown some

p

rojections o

f

texts’ grammar against sentence’s grammar.

A

ccording to Var

f‌i

& Dibra

(1999) a lot o

f

linguists started to get close to “Text linguistics”, this interest came

f

rom literature’s interests and continued to dedication o

f

literature text as

p

rinci

p

al

a

nal

y

sis o

f

text.

I

n 80s a great movement was toward the “Context”, a stud

y

o

f

the

e

lements o

f

communication areas in which text’s grammar was organized based on:

s

y

ntax, semantics, and

p

ragmatics.

I

n the 90s text linguistics as a

f‌i

eld o

f

linguistics

t

heor

y

develo

p

ed in three lines: 1. Discursive ex

p

lanation o

f

linguistics over text and

i

ts object. 2. Studies extension over text t

yp

ologies and criteria o

f

classi

f‌i

cation o

f

t

ext’s t

yp

es. 3.

A

d

ee

p

stu

dy

h

as

b

een on textua

l

con

d

itions, over co

h

esion an

d

text

coherence

(

Dibra & Var

f‌i

, 1999: 21

).

T

he majorit

y

o

f

linguists came to a conclusion that there exists something more

t

han just a construction o

f

sentences.

I

n one wa

y

or the other the

y

noticed that the

natural meanin

g

o

f

context o

f

a text was misleadin

g

. Werlich (1976: 23) in one o

f

his

statements state

d

t

h

at sentence grammars

d

o not te

ll

or

h

e

lp

l

earners t

h

e a

ll

stor

y