DISTINGUISHING TEXTS AND NON TEXTS

A TEXT IS AN EXTENDED STRUCTURE OF SYNTATIC UNITS SUCH AS

WORDS, GROUPS, AND CLAUSES AND TEXTUAL UNITS THAT IS
MARKED BY BOTH COHERENCE AMONG THE ELEMENTS AND
COMPLETION.(WERLICH, 1976 :23)
A TEXT IS A UNIT OF LANGUAGE IN USE. IT IS NOT GRAMMATICAL
UNIT, LIKE A CLAUSE OR A SENTENCE AND IT IS NOT DEFINED BY
ITS SIZE BUT BY ITS MEANING (HALLIDAY AND HASAN, 1976:2)
A NON TEXT CONSISTS OF RANDOM SEQUENCES OF
LINGUISTICS UNITS SUCH AS SENTENCES, PARAGRAPHS, OR
SECTIONS IN ANY TEMPORAL OR SPATIAL EXTENSION
 EXAMPLE OF A TEXT OR A NON TEXT ?

There is a fine palace over there. I shall ask them at once.

At long last Issumboshi arrived at the palace. Excuse me,
but I want to meet the feudal lord. The lord came to the
door , What? Who is there?. HereI am, at your feet, Oh.
How small! Why do you want to meet me?. Please let me
be your retainer. Wonder if you very small body can do
anything, I will stay in your pocket and guard you from all
harm.When Issumboshi said so, a bee came buzzing by.
Yhaaa! Issumboshi yelled, stabbing the bee. Bravo! I
employ you. It would be good if you became the
Princesss man.
 THE SEVEN STANDARDS OF TEXTUALITY
COHESION : ( THE COMPONENTS OF THE SURFACE TEXT ARE
CONNECTED WITHIN A SEQUENCE)
COHERENCE : ( ALL THE IDEAS IN A PARAGRAPH FLOW SMOOTHLY FROM
ONE SENTENCE TO THE NEXT SENTENCE )
INTENTIONALITY : ( TEXT PRODUCERS ATTITUDE AND INTENTIONS)
ACCEPTABILITY : ( THE TEXT RECEIVERS ATTITUDE THAT SHOULD CONSTITUTE
USEFUL OR RELEVANT DETAILS OR INFORMATION)
INFORMATIVITY : ( THE CONTENTS OF A TEXT ARE ALREADY KNOWN OR
EXPECTED )
SITUATIONALITY : ( FACTORS THAT MAKE A TEXT RELEVANT TO A SITUATION
OR OCCURRENCE)
INTERTEXTUALITY : ( FACTORS THAT MAKE THE UTILIZATION OF ONE
TEXT DEPENDENT UPON ONE OR MORE PREVIOUSLY ENCOUNTERED
TEXT)
THE MEANING OF CONTEXT
CONTEXT OF CULTURE = CONTEXT AS
KNOWLEDGE
CONTEXT OF SITUATION = CONTEXT AS
SITUATION
COTEXT = LINGUISTICS CONTEXT