There are numerous terms that come into play when it comes to "Language Analysis". First, I'd like to give an example of a situation in which we would use language analysis and the conditions that may follow. For example, in a research classroom setting, you would consider this as "Classroom Discourse". the elements that may follow are:
- Formal
- questions
- mostly asked by instructor and developed thorugh students
- language use
- behaviors
- values/persepectives
- time
- context
- group setting
- LEXIS- (language within a specific disocourse; in this case, a research classroom.)
With that said, in a research class there is much analysis that is done alone but also as a whole
group. When analyzing language there are many terms that can be used. Some of the terms and a simple definition are as followed:
- discourse
- language in use
- letters
- words
- sentences
- patterns
- lexis
- language within a discourse
- rhetorical situations
- a situation where you are persuading, in this case verbally/text, an audience by making relations to them, yet also informing
- conventions
- groups that relate to eachother
- discourse community
- a specific group of people talking about/researching the same thing and using the same elements
- social view
- how others/society views the situation and the points you were able to relate to them
There are also steps that should be taken when analyzing
anything:
- Define the situation
- Identify
- Pose a theory
- Test
These steps above are more of just a general guideline when making any analysis, but most definitely work in play with language!
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