At the end of paragraph 4.4 it is said that Albrecht Neubert, who is interested in text linguistics, emphasizes that his work can provide insight and also serve a practical end. How would text linguistics do this
At the end of paragraph 4.4 it is said that Albrecht Neubert, who is interested in text linguistics, emphasizes that his work can provide insight and also serve a practical end. How would text linguistics do this?
Think of a few different types of text and consider to what extent they are primarily informative, expressive and/or operative (i.e. persuasive). Draw a triangle with INFORMATIVE at the top, EXPRESSIVE bottom left and OPERATIVE bottom right. Where in the triangle would you place a reference work, a sermon, an academic lecture, a lyrical poem?