语言分析技巧 Tips in Language Analysis 英语写作技巧.docx

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语言分析技巧

TipsandTechniquestomakeyoustronginLanguageAnalysis

Howdyguys.So,inthisarticle,IamgoingtoshareaboutLanguageAnalysis.Languageisanessentialaspectwhenitcomestoassignmentwriting,articleoressay,etc.Yourlanguagetellseverythingaboutyourwritingstyleandhowmuchknowledgeyouhaveaboutwriting.So,ifyouwanttoknowwhatarethemethodstodolanguageanalysis,thenmyfriendkeepreading.Iwillcovereverythingfromawritersperspectivetoananalystsperspective.Thisarticlewillmainlycoverthefollowingpoints:

Languageanalysisdefinition.

ElementsinLanguageanalysis

Languageanalysisfeatures.

Languageanalysistechniques.So,guyslet’sgetstartedwithourLanguageanalysis.

1）WhatistheLanguageAnalysis?

Insimplewords,LanguageAnalysismeanstounderstandwhatawriterissayinginhispieceofwritinglikeanessayoranarticle.Analysisreferstohowawriterisconveyinghisideasthroughlanguagetechniques,suchasfiguresofspeech,sentencestructure,tone,wordchoice,etc.Theanalysisoflanguageiswhatyoucallas“LanguageAnalysis.”Youhavetostudythearticleoranessayorwhatevertextpieceyouhave,verycarefullyandhence,identifyeachcomponentinit.Youmightgettowritealanguageanalysisassignment.So,nottoworry,Iwillsurelydiscussalltheaspectsoflanguageinthisarticletohelpyouanalyzethingsbetter.

2）ElementsinLanguageAnalysis

Thefollowingisalistofthoseelementswhomyouneedtoidentifyinthewritingpieceyouhave:

Author-Firstofall,identifywhowrotethatwritingpiece?

GettoknowtheAuthor.Accordingtome,wealsodevelopthatcuriositythatwhomighthavewrittenthearticle?

So,beforemovingonaheadwiththeanalysis,younotedownthenameofitsAuthor.Sometimes,italsogivesanimpressioninmind.

Texttype-Youshouldknowwhattypeofwritingpieceyouareabouttostudy.Isitanopinioncolumn,speech,aletteroraneditorial?

Publication-Check,fromwheredidthewrite-upgotpublished?

Now,weareabouttochecktheelementsforwhichwehavetoreadthewholewrite-up.

Audience-Youneedtocheck,forwhatkindofaudienceisthatwrite-upgoingtobepublished?

Howwilltheaudiencereactafterreadingit?

Isthewrite-upappealingenough?

Youneedtocheckallthis.

Contention-Itmeans,whatisthemainpointofviewwhichtheauthoristryingtoconveyinhiswrite-up.

Argumentssupportingcontention-Findoutwhethertheargumentsmadearenegativeorpositive.BothcanbeusedbyanAuthor.Argumentsinfluencethecontentionofawrite-up.

Title-Itisthemostimportantpartofawrite-uppiece.Theaudiencetendstobendtowardswinningtitles.But,thetitlesshouldrelatetothecontent.Youhavetocheckhowisthetitleengagingandpersuasive?

Persuasivetechniques-Findoutthepersuasivetechniquesthattheauthorhasputinhiswork.Findout,whetherthosetechniquesareusedthroughouttheentirewrite-uporinjustafewsections?

Visuals-Picturesorvideosorothervisualitemsareessentialtoemphasizethingswhichyouwriteinyourwrite-uppiece.Now,youneedtocheckwhetherthosevisualsarecomplimentingtheauthor’scontentionornot?

Agoodwrite-upwillalwayshavematchingandstrongvisualssupportingthecontentinthewrite-up.

Tone-Itistheattitudeoftheauthorwithwhichheexpresseshiswrite-up.Thetonemaychangeorremainthesamethroughoutthewrite-up.Thetoneisexpressedbytheuseofsyntax,thepointofview,dictionandthelevelofformalityinthewrite-up.So,youneedtocheckthetoneoftheAuthor.3）FeaturesofLanguageAnalysis

Whenyoustartanalyzingawrite-up,youmustknowthathowit’swritten.Itmeansforgoodlanguageanalysis,youfirstneedtoidentifylanguagetechniquesandforthat,youshouldhaveapieceofgoodknowledgeaboutit.Followingaresomeoftheimportantlanguagetechniqueswhichyoumaynoticewhileanalyzingthewrite-upyouhave:

i.Alliteration

Whenyouusewordsthathavethesameletterandsamesoundatthebeginningoftheirpronunciationlike,“Bettyboughtbetterbutter,”iswhatyoucallasalliteration.It’sapoeticdevicetomakeachainofwordswhichstartwiththesameconsonantsound.Thereshouldbenoheavyalliterationusedinthewholewrite-up,assometimesitmakesthewrite-upblurormightgetyouoffthetracktoo.

ii.Simile

AnotherimportantfeatureoflanguageanalysisistheusageofSimileinthewrite-up.Simileisacomparisonmadeofonethingwiththeanother.Example:

“HeranasfastasaCheetahontheground.”Nowhere,themanisbeingcomparedtoafastrunningCheetahbecausethatmanmayberunningtoofast.So,themanwascomparedtoaCheetah,andthusthisiswheresimilecomesin.

iii.Onomatopoeia

Itliterarymeans,“thesoundImake.”WhatIwanttosayisthatOnomatopoeiaiswordswhichgivethefeelofasoundbeingmadelike,“splash,spray,sprinkle,drizzle,bang,etc.”Wecaneasilyfeelthesoundwhenwepronouncethesewords.Forexample,“Hebangedthedoorandleft.”Here,bangedgaveustheindicationthatthedoorgotclosedveryhittinghard.So,suchwordsgiveustheindicationoftheactivitywhichhappensatthatmoment.Wecanvisualizeeasily.

iv.Metaphor

Itisagainoneoftheinterestingfeaturesoflanguageanalysis.Metaphorsarewordswhichdescribeasituationregardingsomethingelse.It’skindofindirectcomparison.Metaphorshowsthatonethingisanotherthing.Example:

“Thisgirlisonfire.”Now,thismetaphordoesn’tmeanthatthegirlhasbeencaughtinafire,ratheritmeansthatthegirlisdoingbrilliantlyinsomeactivity.

v.Personification

Itisacomparisonwhereanon-humanthingisdescribedintermsofhuman.Example:

“Thelastpieceoftheblueberrycheesecake,calledmyname.”So,blueberrycheesecakeisnotahumanbeingwhichiscallingme,butIhavepersonifiedit,andthusitisdescribedasifit’sreallycallingme.ThismeansthatIbadlywanttoeatthattastycake:

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So,thesewerethefiveimportantlanguagetechniqueswhichyouneedtoknowwhileanalyzingawrite-uppiece.ForadetailedstudyonLanguagetechniques,clickhere.Youneedtoidentifytheselanguagetechniquesandthenjudgeandwritealanguageanalysis.Now,let’stalkaboutlanguageanalysisfeatures.So,followingarethelanguageanalysisfeatureswhichwillhelpyouwriteaperfectlanguageanalysisessayforyourassignments:

i.Vocabulary

Youneedtoidentifywhatkindofwords,istheauthorusinginhiswrite-upandwhy?

Youneedtounderstandhowtheauthorisplayingwithwords.

Apoetmightusewordsintheexactwaytheysoundorinadifferentway（assonance）,playingwithinitiallettersofthewords.Thisisfordifferenteffectsinthewrite-up.

Writersmayuseverbsdepictingmotionwhentheywanttoshowsomekindofemergencylikerunningorsomethingelse.

Anauthormayalsousesymboliccharactersandplacenamestomakehiswriteupmoreinteresting.ii.Syntax

Youhavetogiveattentiontohowauthorsusepunctuationandsentencestructure.Theyareeitherusedinausualmanneroranunusualmanner.Thistrickisusedtocreateeffectsatdifferentpointsinapoemornovel.Theauthormightusethefollowingtrickstoplaywithlanguage:

Nopunctuationused.

Heavyorshortpunctuatedsentences

Theauthormightusesimpleandfolktalenarrativelanguage

Longlineswhicharenotpunctuated.iii.Perspective

Youneedtocheckthepointofviewthattheauthoriskeepinginhiswriting.Hemightbetalkinginperspectiveofthesecondpersonorthethirdperson.Whatheistryingtoportray,thisyouneedtofindout.Whatperspectiveisthepoetortheauthortryingtoputin?

iv.Grammar

Sometimes,writersuseincorrectgrammarbut,thatisnotbecausetheyarenotgoodatit,rathertheyuseitdeliberately.Itisbecausethewritershavetheirownstyleofwritingandit’suptothemthathowtheywanttousewordsintheirwriteup.Youhavetocheckthisoutwhether,thewriterhasusedtheincorrectgrammardeliberatelyorwhetheritwasamistake?

Trytoconsidertheeffectsoftensesandtherhetoricaleffects.

v.Imagery

Youneedtofindoutwhatkindofpictureisthewritertryingtomakethroughhiswriting.Thewordscanalsoconnectthings.Thewrite-upmaybeamixupofmanycoloursbeinginvolvedwhichsymbolizesomething.Thencomesnature/landscape/geography.Youneedtobesurethatwhatfeelingsthewriterhas.Focusontheexamplesthatthewriterhasgiven.Thisputsmoreimpactonthereader’smind.

4）LanguageAnalysisTechniques

Languageanalysisisaveryusefulskill.Succeedinginmanyacademicandcollegecoursesisnecessary.Anexcellentlanguageanalysisreporttellsalotabouttheauthor.Suchreportsprovidethereaderwithadetailedanalysis.So,let’stalkabouttechniquesusedforLanguageAnalysis:

i.ToUnderstandtheFormat

First,youneedtounderstandthepurposeoflanguageanalysis.Once,youunderstandtheneedthenyouaregoodtogo.

Now,youneedtounderstandthemethodologyoflanguageanalysis.Youmustgetfamiliarizedwithdifferentkindsofrhetoricaldevicesandpersuasivetechniquesusedbywriters.

Nextistounderstandthedesiredoutcomeoflanguageanalysis.Now,wehaveunderstoodtheformatoflanguageanalysis.Let’sgetstarted.

ii.Ready,Steady,Go!

Readthematerialwhichyouhave.Readthroughlyandmakenotes.Doaninitialscanandthenmoveintodetails.Thiswillhelpyoudoyouranalysisindetail.

Underlineorhighlightkeypassages.Thiswillhelpyoutoidentifytheaspectswhichyouwanttouse.Highlightingthepassagesandmakingnotesiswhatwillmakethingseasyforyou.

Identify,whatist