Text analysis

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Text analysis one calls the investigation of texts, particularly regarding the structure, the intention of the author, the effect on the reader. Generally with it the linguistic and contentwise interpretation of the available text is meant. see also:

• Author
• telling theory
• Exegese
• most frequent words
• intention
• interpretation
• literature
• text, discourse
• text interpretation
• discourse analysis
• semiotic, semiotic triangle

methods of the text analysis in the social science

Tit among other things give an overview of 15 linguistic and non-linguistic methods to the text analysis in the social science.

• Content analysis (silver man compared 1974)
• Grounded Theory (bunch compared 1994)
• Ethnographi methods (Hymes compared 1979)
• Ethnomethodologisch oriented text analysis methods (Levinson compared 1990)
• Psychoanalytisch oriented text analysis (also Tiefenhermeneutik; VG. Leithäuser/Volmerg 1988)
• qualitative heuristiche text analysis (Kleinig 1994)
• Narrative semiotic (dirt 1983)
• SYMLOG as text analysis method (=Systematic multiple level Observation OF Groups; See. Bales /Choen 1982)
• critical discourse analysis (orients at Foucaults - hunter compares 2004; Fairclough 1993, Wodak et al. 1998)
• Functional pragmatics (Wunderlich 1972, Ehlich/Rehbein 1986, Rebein 1997)
• read way analysis and/or. Discourse analysis after Utz Maas (see. Utz Maas 1984)
• difference-theoretical text analysis (following at Luhmann 1984)
• objectives Hermeneutik (Oevermann et al. compares. 1979)

literature

• Tit, Stefan/Wodak, Ruth/Meyer, Michael/cousin, EH (1998): Methods of the text analysis. Manual and overview.