TEXT STYLES
Following Nida, we distinguish four types of (literary or non - literary)
text:
1. Narrative: a dynamic sequence of events, where the emphasis in on
the verbs or, for English, “dummy” or “empty” verbs plus verb - nouns
or phrasal verbs (“He made a sudden appearance”, “He burst in”).
2. Description, which is static, with emphasis on linking verbs,
adjectives, adjectival nouns.
3. Discussion, a treatment of ideas, with emphasis on abstract nouns
(concepts), verbs of thought, mental activity (“consider”, “argue”,
etc.), logical argument and connectives.
4. Dialogue, with emphasis on colloquialism and phaticism.
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