Text Classification in Communication: An Overview

Posted on Oct 25, 2024 in Arts and Humanities

Text Classification in Communication

Elements of Textual Analysis

The classification of different types of textual analysis focuses on the elements involved in communication. Each text must be clear about the following:

  • The term it deals with
  • The issuer or sender
  • The recipe or method used
  • The channel of communication
  • The intentions behind the text
  • The code used (language, symbols)
  • The role of language
  • The register or level of formality
  • The genre it belongs to

These elements determine the style and structure of a text. Let’s examine different types of texts:

Scientific, Technical, and Humanistic Texts

Scientific Texts

Scientific texts build theoretical explanations of reality, particularly in the physical dimension. These include biology, geology, physics, chemistry, life sciences, mathematics, and medicine. Theoretical sciences are often born from observation.

Technical Texts

Technical texts utilize the theoretical knowledge of science in fields like engineering, mechanics, electronics, and computer science.

Humanistic Texts

Humanistic texts study the human condition beyond the physical realm. This includes geography, history, philosophy, psychology, education, social relations (politics, law, sociology), and linguistic expression.

All of these text types are specialized in certain areas of knowledge. The sender possesses thorough knowledge of the material, and the receiver is typically a specialist (or someone with general knowledge of the subject). Scientific, technical, and humanistic (CTH) texts are objective, informative, or instructional. They are usually transmitted through written channels, although oral communication can occur in conferences, television programs, and radio broadcasts. CTH texts often employ symbolic codes (numbers, formulas, chemical symbols). The language is monosemic (having a single meaning) and was created by the scientific community through specific linguistic mechanisms.

Linguistic Mechanisms for Creating Specialized Words (Terminology)

  • Usage of Roots from Classical Languages: Greek and Latin roots are used to create words in science and technology. For example: PHOTO = light (photocopy, photography, photosynthesis); Phobia = rejection (arachnophobia, claustrophobia).
  • Techniques for Differentiation (Affixes): Prefixes and suffixes are used to modify the meaning of words, such as in”stor” and”poisoning”
  • Composition Techniques: Two words can be combined to create a new one, like”dropper” Syntagmatic composition involves a group of words acting as a single meaning, such as”airlift””noble gas” and”test tube”
  • Borrowings: Words can be borrowed from other languages without adaptation (e.g.,”sit”), with orthographic adaptation (e.g.,”socce”), or translated (e.g.,”mous”).
  • Abbreviations and Acronyms: Examples include UN (United Nations Organization) and CCOO.
  • Eponyms: Names that become common nouns or trademarks, such as Kleenex, Aspirin, Molotov cocktail, Marxism, Kafkaesque, and ammonia.

Administrative and Legal Texts

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