Tekstlig

Tekstlig is an adjective used in Norwegian and other Scandinavian languages to describe something that pertains to text or is composed primarily of text. It denotes a focus on linguistic content rather than visual, auditory, or multimedia elements. In academic contexts, the term is used to distinguish textual analysis from analyses that emphasize imagery or sound.

In practice, a tekstlig analysis examines features such as syntax, diction, cohesion, discourse structure, and rhetorical devices. It is commonly applied in literary studies, linguistics, and information science, including analyses of documents, online articles, and digital corpora. In multimedia contexts, explaining that content is tekstlig emphasizes the textual modality, even when images or videos accompany the text.

Etymology: from tekst (text) and the suffix -lig, meaning "having the nature of" or "pertaining to." The term is widely used in Norwegian and has cognate counterparts in Swedish and Danish, where similar words exist.

See also: textuality, textual analysis, discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, multimodality, information science.