TEXT AS A LINGUISTIC UNIT: CATEGORIES AND COMPONENTS
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20339036Keywords:
text linguistics, text categories, cohesion, coherence, intertextuality, discourse, communication, text components.Abstract
This article examines the categories of text and its major components within modern linguistics. The study discusses narrative, descriptive, argumentative, expository, and instructive text types together with their functional characteristics in text linguistics. Special attention is paid to the principal components of textuality, including cohesion, coherence, intentionality, informativity, situationality, and intertextuality.References
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