Historical Text Linguistics

Question 1

Text definition

Answer 1

Self-contained, intention, longer than a sentence

Question 2

Text linguistics definition

Answer 2

Study of language beyond sentence boundaries (internal vs. external)

Question 3

Discourse

Answer 3

Communication practice of groups

Question 4

Dialogue

Answer 4

Dialogic practices of people (micro/ macro, literary/ non-literary)

Question 5

Text types

Answer 5

Conceptually-written, conceptually-spoken, criteria established by linguists, internal features

Question 6

Conceptually written vs. conceptually spoken

Answer 6

Informational vs. involved production
Elaborated vs. situation dependent reference
Style

Question 7

Informational vs. involved production

Answer 7

Written: word length, prepositions, attributive adjectives, nouns
Spoken: that deletions, present tense, 2nd person pronouns, contractions

Question 8

Elaborated vs. situation dependent reference

Answer 8

Written: subordinate clauses
Spoken: adverbials of time/ place

Question 9

Style

Answer 9

Written: conjuncts, passives, past participles
Spoken: less

Question 10

Genre

Answer 10

Conventional labels, external criteria, language, structure, writer-reader, publication-related

Question 11

Cookery recipe

Answer 11

Old English: imperatives, medicine
Middle English: instructions
1500+: conventions, books, class differences, housewives
Mrs Beeton: explicit/ precise, imperatives, passives, should
Francatelli: sentences, patronising, imperatives, auxiliaries, passives

Question 12

Evolution of genres

Answer 12

Textual-oral

Written genres: fiction, essays, personal letters