text analysis

[/tekst əˈnæləsɪs/]
nounpl: text analyses
análise de texto
1. The systematic examination and interpretation of written or digital text to extract meaning, patterns, or insights
Text analysis revealed common themes throughout the survey responses.
A análise de texto revelou temas comuns em todas as respostas da pesquisa.
2. A computational method used in natural language processing to process, understand, and derive information from textual data
The researchers used text analysis software to identify sentiment in customer reviews.
Os pesquisadores usaram software de análise de texto para identificar sentimento nas avaliações dos clientes.
3. In literary studies, the close reading and interpretation of a text's language, structure, and meaning
The professor assigned a text analysis essay on Shakespeare's sonnets.
O professor atribuiu um ensaio de análise de texto sobre os sonetos de Shakespeare.
In Brazil, 'análise de texto' is fundamental in secondary and higher education, particularly in Portuguese literature and humanities courses. In the USA and internationally, the term increasingly refers to computational text analysis and machine learning applications in business intelligence and research. The academic study of texts remains important in literary criticism across all regions.
Synonyms / Sinônimos
textual analysiscontent analysisdiscourse analysisnatural language processing

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
análise de texto
most common and widely understood term
São Paulo
análise textual
alternative formal variant used in academic contexts
Portugal
análise de texto / análise textual
both terms used equally in academic and technical settings
USA Technical
text mining (when computational)
distinction made between computational and literary approaches

Related Words

sentiment analysisdata miningcomputational linguisticstext miningsemantic analysiscorpus analysis

Related Idioms & Phrases

read between the lines
unpack a text
deconstruct a passage
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