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TEXT AND TEXTUALITY

Introduction:

A text may be defined as a communicative occurrence which meets seven standards of textuality. If any of these standards is not considered to have been satisfied, the text will not be communicative. This is the most valid definition of text given by De Beaugrande and Dressler in 1983. Still, we have another statement of M. A. K. Halliday in his book “Cohesion in English”, which says: The word ‘text’ is used in linguistics to refer to any passage spoken or written, of whatever length, that does form a unified whole.

Thus, text may be spoken or written prose or verse, dialogue or monologue. It may anything from a single proverb to whole play, from a momentary cry for help to an all day discussion.
A textbook is a unit of language in use. It is not a grammatical unit like a clause or sentence. And it is not defined by its size. And it is not defined by its size.  A text is best regarded as a semantic unit—a unit not of form but of meaning. So, there must be characteristics of texts not to be found otherwise. And it must certainly be useful to identify and establish these characteristics.

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