About the Linguistic Analysis of Text Summary The article considers the problem of linguistic analysis of text. There are two directions in the study of text linguistics. One of the directions studies the relationship between the text system and the language system in order to verify and clarify general conclusions concerning the language system. The other direction aims to study the features of the text itself as a spe¬cial system. A linguistic norm has the force of law and is characterized by certain features. The norm expresses the necessary connections found in the text, without which its functioning is impossible. The most important feature of a linguistic norm as a law is the expression of general connections. This feature receives a clarifying characteristic in linguistics: language norm − speech norm − text norm. The most promising is the information-structural theory of the text-system. This theory is based on the definition of language in all its manifestations and abstractions as the most important means of communication. Such factors as content and form, structure and system interact in the text. Keywords: text, linguistic norm, language means, communication, information, methods of analysis, content, form, structure, system