cohesion Flashcards
cohesion
'glue' links within text ties together ideas/phrases provides reference back/forwards connects lexemes/phrases/clauses strengthens ties condenses text to avoid repetition
ft contribute to cohesion
phonological patterning conjunctions & adverbial/conjunctive phrases hyponymy collocation subject specific lexis/jargon antonymy synonymy ellipsis syntactic patterning Repetition Substitution & reference deictics information flow
hyponymy
creates links through highlighting relationship between general and specific lexical items
classification system
eg. I love all dogs but my favourite is the greyhound
Collocations
builds expectation of what is coming next, helps link in a familiar way
anaphoric reference
pronoun refers back to subject stated earlier in the text
cataphoric reference
pronoun refers forward to subject stated later in the text
deictics
helps reader link text to its time and place setting. in the context but not necessarily in the text.
phonological patterning
connect thru similar sounds
conjunctions & adverbial/conjunctive phrases
relationship b/w clauses, lex etc
antonymy & synonymy
ties together in terms of semantics , reinforces an idea
ellipsis
remove unnecessary words that form part of assumed knowledge to aid fluency
syntactic patterning
unit of ideas, efficiently packaged, structured
repetition
reinforce ideas
Substitution & reference
links NPs within text