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
y
of text linguistic
s
P
h
D
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C.
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E
l
sa Vu
la
University of Gjakova (Kosovo
)
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The purpose of this theoretical research on the history of text linguistics elaborates on the
i
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
e
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
g
nifi cance and role in writin
g
a well-formed text.
K
e
y
words
:
division of text linguistics, internal part of text, text analysis, text linguistics, text’s
c
r
i
t
e
r
ia
.
I
ntr
oduc
t
io
n
T
ext linguistics is
p
art o
f
the stud
y
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
y
countr
y
, an
d
its
h
istor
y
is e
q
ua
lly
im
p
ortant to
b
e
k
nown in or
d
er to get
d
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
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
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