Language and Texts

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What is language?

  • A structured and conventional system of communication used to express thoughts and feelings (correct)
  • A set of rules that only a few people know
  • A way to confuse people
  • A random collection of words

What are the levels of language?

  • Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
  • Pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections
  • Syntax, morphology, semantics, and pragmatics
  • Phonemes, words, sentences, and texts (correct)

What is the function of a non-literary text?

  • Ambiguous or polysemic
  • Referential or informative (correct)
  • Directed at a specific audience
  • Aesthetic or poetic

What is the main objective of the transmission of a non-literary text?

<p>To convey information (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a literary text?

<p>Ambiguous, polysemic, and fulfills an aesthetic or poetic function (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between language and culture?

<p>Language identifies culture and carries meaning and references beyond itself (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between a literary and a non-literary text?

<p>Literary texts fulfill an aesthetic function (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is language?

<p>A structured and conventional system of communication used to express thoughts and feelings (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the levels of language?

<p>Phonemes, words, sentences, and texts (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a text?

<p>Any stretch of language that can be understood in context (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the most important objective of a non-literary text?

<p>To be informative (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does language identify?

<p>Culture (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between form and content of a text?

<p>Form refers to the structure, while content refers to the meaning (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between words and concepts in a language?

<p>Arbitrary (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

Understanding Language and Texts

  • Language is a structured and conventional system of communication used to express thoughts and feelings.
  • It has levels such as phonemes, words, sentences, and texts, making it ever-changing and dynamic.
  • Language is creative, unique, and a means of communication used in daily life to convey information and arguments to others.
  • It identifies culture and carries meaning and references beyond itself.
  • Language is arbitrary since there is no necessary or natural relationship between the words of a given language and the concepts they represent.
  • A text is any stretch of language that can be understood in context, from a simple phrase to a complex novel.
  • Text refers to content rather than form, and the idea of what constitutes a text has evolved over time.
  • A non-literary text has a referential or informative function, a specific purpose, is objective, and uses denotative language.
  • The transmission of the message is one of its most important objectives.
  • A literary text is ambiguous, polysemic, and fulfills an aesthetic or poetic function.
  • It is not directed at a specific audience, and its function is not pragmatic.
  • Non-literary texts include newspapers, magazines, and advertisements, and they have a specific audience, purpose, and use unambiguous language.

Understanding Language and Texts

  • Language is a structured and conventional system of communication used to express thoughts and feelings.
  • It has levels such as phonemes, words, sentences, and texts, making it ever-changing and dynamic.
  • Language is creative, unique, and a means of communication used in daily life to convey information and arguments to others.
  • It identifies culture and carries meaning and references beyond itself.
  • Language is arbitrary since there is no necessary or natural relationship between the words of a given language and the concepts they represent.
  • A text is any stretch of language that can be understood in context, from a simple phrase to a complex novel.
  • Text refers to content rather than form, and the idea of what constitutes a text has evolved over time.
  • A non-literary text has a referential or informative function, a specific purpose, is objective, and uses denotative language.
  • The transmission of the message is one of its most important objectives.
  • A literary text is ambiguous, polysemic, and fulfills an aesthetic or poetic function.
  • It is not directed at a specific audience, and its function is not pragmatic.
  • Non-literary texts include newspapers, magazines, and advertisements, and they have a specific audience, purpose, and use unambiguous language.

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