Language and Texts

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.