लेखन का इतिहास "पाठ 'की अवधारणा पहले का है।

Since the history of writing predates the concept of the "text", most texts were not written with this concept in mind.

Most written works fall within a narrow range of the types described by text theory.

The concept of "text" becomes relevant if and when a "coherent written message is completed and needs to be referred to independently of the circumstances in which it was created."

Text linguistics is a branch of linguistics that deals with texts as communication systems.