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Topic 33 Descriptive Texts

1. Descriptive texts represent people, objects, actions, or events through various techniques like aspectualization, thematization, and structure and sequence. 2. Aspectualization involves describing different components or relating the subject to its environment, while thematization progresses an element into a new theme. 3. Structure and sequence are determined by organizing descriptive elements in a hierarchy and lacking temporal references or causality. Keywords and core elements are used to build further descriptions through predicates.

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Topic 33 Descriptive Texts

1. Descriptive texts represent people, objects, actions, or events through various techniques like aspectualization, thematization, and structure and sequence. 2. Aspectualization involves describing different components or relating the subject to its environment, while thematization progresses an element into a new theme. 3. Structure and sequence are determined by organizing descriptive elements in a hierarchy and lacking temporal references or causality. Keywords and core elements are used to build further descriptions through predicates.

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Reformulation.giving diff.

names(reformulation) to the same


described object.

With affection : not making the object of the descrip. explicit unitl
the end building up suspense (riddle)
-focuses on a real or unreal animate being.
-present in informative or opinion essays in media INTERVIEWS
or FEATURE or an ARTICLE.
-Identifying the charac., obtaining a descript. clear enough to
1.Anchorage: the starting point.Title or theme(usually) recognise or imagine the character.

2.Aspectualization Description by a division of its


Aspectualization: includes physical or moral features but also
components by 1-enumerating its part 2-properties or 2. done by relating to its environment...
1.The portrait
3.Put in relation to. the external environment & to other
objects by situation or association.
confused with narrations since uses verbs such as do & the
2.Description of actions
axctions are in chronological order.
2.Structure & sequence.
4.Thematization. how it progresses.Any element become
The progression of these texts is determined by:
a new title-theme. 1.Portray a character by means of his/her behaviour.

3.Special description 3 Different according to their aim 2.A situation by describing actions by diff. actors which
are elements or parts of this situation.

1.Text definition & general features


3.Portray an action by explaining diff. steps which are part ofit.
Represents people, objects, actions or
A cooking recipe
events.
Common in narratives in the setting.
TOPIC 33.DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS
Subject + to be (in durative tense)
Different genres or formats : portraits, advertising, tourist
guides, catalogues, brochures, literature.. 4.Grammar structures & elements Adv. of place

Bassols & Torrents. Traits:


stative or "appear" verbs: to be, to seem, to have in
**5.Pragmatic present or past.
-organization in a hierarchy. features.**Bassols & Torrent
-lack of temporal references
-lack of casualty. purpose & addressee determine
the selec. of the elements that'll Affirm. form more common
a keyword& core elements to which other predicates refer to
.- a selection of words which become other core elements of new appear :
predicates.
lexical accumulation in a structured way Adj. work as expansion in the process of aspectualization

Impressionistic- seeks to provoke


adv. of degree or manner: almost, enough, just, totally,
emotions. partially...

Like & as used to do comparirons and & nor & also, but are
Objective: a true reproduction of the objects's very used.
appearance

purpose & addressee: precise or generic descrip,


complement of a narration, if the add. is expected to have
pevious knowledge...

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