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Article published In: On mood and speech function and the ‘why’ of text analysis: In honour of Margaret Berry
Edited by Lise Fontaine, Miriam Taverniers and Kristin Davidse
[Functions of Language 26:1] 2019
► pp. 28–34

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The ‘why’ of text analysis

What makes a text a text?

 | RWTH Aachen University
Published online: 27 May 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/fol.00013.weg
Article outline
  • Text and the boundary conundrum
  • The fuzzy boundaries of text and context
  • Text as artefact, evidence and exemplar
    • Artefact
    • Evidence
    • Exemplar
  • Conclusion: Perspectival variance in the notion of text
  • Note
  • References
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