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COHESION AND DISCOURSE
Lecture 12
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COHESION
There are four ways by which cohesion is created in English: reference, ellipsis, conjunction, and lexical cohesion.
Cohesion is a process
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REFERENCE
Reference first evolved as an ‘exophoric’ relation.
The first type of reference: personals Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater, Had a wife and couldn’t eat her. He put her in a pumpkin shell And there he kept her very well.
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REFERENCE
The second type of reference: demonstratives
The third type of reference: comparative reference
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ELLIPSIS AND SUBSTITUTION Ellipsis sets up a relationship in the wording
rather than directly in the meaning. Substitution shows where something has
been omitted and what its grammatical function would be.
There are three main contexts for ellipsis and substitution in English: clause, the verbal group, and the nominal group
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CONJUNCTION
A range of possible meanings within the domains of elaboration, extension and enhancement is expressed by the choice of a conjunctive adjunct or of one of a small set of conjunctions in thematic position at the beginning of the clause.
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LEXICAL COHESION
The choice of lexical items in creating cohesion
Repetition Synonym collocation
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TEXTURE
Theme and focus Lexical cohesion and reference Ellipsis and substitution Conjunction Text structure
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End of the lecture Thank you for your attention