Close Reading Quiz

To gain insights into how language is used in its natural setting across different contexts, rather than relying on intuition or preconceived notions.

Engaging students' senses, catering to different learning styles, expanding vocabulary, exploring cultural nuances, developing critical thinking skills, interpreting author intent, and expressing their own opinions.

It enhances language proficiency, cultural awareness, and motivation in the language learning process by creating an interactive and dynamic classroom environment that empowers students to become confident and competent language users.

<p>The history of text analysis can be traced back to the early 20th century, specifically to the emergence of formalism and structuralism in the 1920s. The focus shifted to text from the 1950s onwards with the development of semiotics, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, psychology, communication studies etc.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Text linguistics is a relatively new area of investigation. According to Halliday and Hasan, text is any passage, spoken or written, of whatever length, that forms a unified whole. A text is a unit of language in use. It is not a grammatical unit like a clause or a sentence; and it is not defined by its size.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Text analysis is an essential part of the process of interpreting and understanding written texts. It takes into account the relationship between language, its social situation, the context, and cultural influences which affect language in use.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>cohesion, coherence, intentionality, acceptability, informativity, situationality, and intertextuality</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cohesion and coherence are text-centered notions, while intentionality, acceptability, informativity, situationality, and intertextuality are user-centered notions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bronislaw Malinowski developed the theory of context and introduced the two notions necessary for the adequate understanding of text - context of culture and context of situation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Formalism is a movement within literary criticism that emphasises the intrinsic features of literary texts and analyses them in isolation from external factors. Its main features include a focus on form, structure, language, and literary devices employed within the text to uncover its unique aesthetic qualities and meaning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Close reading is a method of analyzing a text by examining its intrinsic elements, such as language, imagery, symbolism, and literary devices. Its main objectives are to uncover the multiple layers of meaning within the text and understand how these elements contribute to its overall aesthetic and thematic significance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Structuralism is a theoretical framework that aims to uncover the underlying structures and systems that shape texts. It emphasizes binary oppositions, semiotics, and narrative structures to understand the internal relations and patterns within texts and the rules governing literary works.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Poststructuralism is a theoretical framework that challenges the fixed meanings and hierarchical structures proposed by structuralism. It emphasizes the multiplicity of meanings and the role of language in constructing reality, exploring power dynamics, discursive formations, and intertextuality within texts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is an approach to analyzing language and discourse that aims to uncover power relations, ideologies, and social inequalities embedded in texts and discursive practices. It examines how language shapes and reflects social, political, and cultural processes, including issues of power, dominance, identity, and marginalization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Text analysis is concerned with the relationship between language, its social situation, the context, and cultural influences which affect language in use.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>There are various strategies that can be used in analysing a text, and the choice of strategy will depend on the type of text being analysed and the purpose of the analysis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Halliday and Hasan define text as any passage, spoken or written, of whatever length, that forms a unified whole.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Text</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>centered</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>meaning</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>contexts</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>semiotics</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>reality</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>identity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>language</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>language</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>cultural</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>critical</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Improving pronunciation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Structuralism focuses on binary oppositions, while poststructuralism emphasizes the multiplicity of meanings and the role of language in constructing reality</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cohesion, coherence, intentionality, acceptability, informativity, situationality, and intertextuality</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Intrinsic features of literary texts</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sustainability</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Text-centered notions are concerned with the language configuration, while user-centered notions are concerned with the communicative interaction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bronislaw Malinowski, context of culture and context of situation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any passage, spoken or written, of any length, that forms a unified whole</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To interpret and understand written texts; the type of text being analysed and the purpose of the analysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To uncover the multiple layers of meaning within a text</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Structuralism focuses on the internal relations and patterns within texts, while poststructuralism emphasizes the multiplicity of meanings and the role of language in constructing reality</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To uncover power relations, ideologies, and social inequalities embedded in texts and discursive practices</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A methodology that has revolutionized the study of language, offering empirical evidence and providing a way to analyze language use in a more systematic and objective manner</p> Signup and view all the answers