The test examines basic notions (terminology and major concepts) on the field of Text Linguistics.
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Read and complete: What is cohesion
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Write TRUE or FALSE: Textuality is defined as the decisive criterion that distinguishes a text from a non-text.
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Write TRUE or FALSE: Text linguistics as a sub-branch of linguistics did not analyze single texts
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Write TRUE or FALSE: Intertextuality is one standard of textuality
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Write TRUE or FALSE: Texts cannot be consisted of only one word or sentence
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Write TRUE or FALSE: Textuality is a characteristic property of all texts whereas texture is a property of individual texts.
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Write TRUE or FALSE: The use of some narrative and argumentative parts in articles and newspapers is an example of texualization
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Write TRUE or FALSE: Discursiveness is link to the notion of cohesion whereas Textuality to the notion of coherence.
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Write TRUE or FALSE: The element that configures the surface structure of the text is called coherence
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Write TRUE or FALSE: Machine translators work on grammar and lexicon and not on context
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Choose the BEST answer: The approaches to study texts in text linguistics are:
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Choose the BEST answer: The standards of textuality are:
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Choose the BEST answer: The components that make a concrete text are:
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Choose the BEST answer: An instance of the process and product of social meaning in a particular context of situation is called…!
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Choose the BEST answer: What is the highest level (object or tool) of linguistic analysis?
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Read the two texts below, then answer the following question. a) No parking. b) Drivers of vehicles should not park their vehicles in this place, so they should continue driving in order to find another place to park their cars. Which one of these two texts is clearer? ( a / b )
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Complete the TEXT: Field, Tenor and Mode are the subcomponents of:
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Choose the BEST answer: Can the text be analyzed out of context?
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Complete the TEXT: Punctuation, subject-verb-agreement or disordered syntax are:
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Complete the definition: DISCOURSE....
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Complete the definition: TEXTUALITY
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Complete the definition: Structural approach..
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Complete the definition: Functional approach...
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Complete the definition: Cognitive approach...
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Complete the definition: Chomsky´s principle ...
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Complete the definition: Halliday’s principle ...
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Complete the definition: Langacker’s principle...
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Complete the definition: Literal Translation...
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Complete the definition: Free Translation ...
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Complete the definition: , COHERENCE...
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