TEXT CLASSIFICATION Single criterion Spoken or written; Dialogical or monological; Spontaneous or ritual; Formal or informal; Individual & interindividual; Private or public; Subjective or objective; Interactional or transactional Several criteria Simplex vs complex styles – K. Hauseblas (1972) Secondary vs primary styles – Mistrik (1997)
Dolnik & Bajzikova Theoretical linguistics (text typology) Psychological realities (text classification) Text classification
COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTIONS Conative function – appeals, warnings Phatic function – congratulations, expressions of sympathy Representational function – research reports etc. Persuasive function - advertising
The functional perspective K. Havranek, M. Jelinek: Galperin: the publicistic; Prague school of newspaper; functional scientific prose; stylistics & the belles-lettres style; elaboration of the style of official theory of documents functional styles Crystal & Davy: conversation; unscripted commentary; religion; newspaper reporting; legal documents
REGULATIVE PRINCIPLES Efficiency - Text used to communicate with a minimum expenditure of effort by the participants. Effectiveness - Text creating favourable conditions for attaining the Sender’s goal. Appropriateness Suitability of the Text to the communicative situation in which it is used.