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TSegatto - Approaching Textual Analysis (3)
by TSegatto - (2011-09-26)
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VOCABULARY FOR LITERATURE

 

Folders = cartelle

To fold = piegare

To apply to something = applicare a...

To provide something = fornire qualcosa per ...

Procedure = procedura

Poetry (uncountable noun)= tutta l'opera e i testi poetici scritti da qualcuno

-> I like English poetry

Poem (uncountable noun)) = componimento poetico

-> I like this poem

To convey = trasmettere

To deny = negare

Relation = relazione fra cose

Relationship = relazione fra persone

To originate from = avere origine da qualcosa

Earliest/latest (superlativi) = per utilizzare nel senso di prima/dopo

To consider

To take into consideration =>prendere in considerazione (qualcosa)

To take into account

To account for = fornire un reso conto di

For = per dare spiegazioni causali

To = concetto di scopo

What/all that = tutto quello che

-> what you said interessting

-> all that you said relevant

Relevant = importante/ degno di nota

There is no need... = non è necessario (NO: it isn't necessary)

Strength versus force (abstract concept) -> uncountable nouns

To influence or to affect = influenzare

To give + complemento oggetto (poetry)

Discourse (textual form of organization) versus speech (something said, something reported)

Con-text = all the influences coming from period, the time and space

Co-text = what goes together with the text (parole vicine)

Architext = the earliest text showing that particular structure

To be remote from = to be distant; not only in time (something chic is not familiar)

Any more = non più

To show = to give evidence (mostrare, dare prova di)

To be aware of = essere consapevole di...

UN awareness = consapevolezza

To discuss = discutere criticamente (NO: chat)

To set = ambientare

Setting = ambiente, ambientazione

Environment = ambiente

Milieu = ambiente

Textual analysis means to analyse the INTERRELATIONSHIP of form and content.

UN form = forma

UN content = contenuto

Oral and written = level of sound and other levels

All levels are:

  • Phonological level: level of sound
  • Semantical level: word choice, semantic domains, use of verbs: active, passive, aspect of verbs tone of language
  • Syntactical level: syntax -> word order, punctuation
  • Rethorical level; the level of figures of speech -> metaphors, metonymy, hyperbole, litote, etc.

In the end the reader has to be able to explain HOW the CHOICE MADE in the previous levels MADE IP MEANING.