As a major criterion for textuality and a prominent term in discourse analysis, discourse cohesion is used on the one hand, to identify the linguistic features that cause the sentences to ＂cohere＂, and on the other ...As a major criterion for textuality and a prominent term in discourse analysis, discourse cohesion is used on the one hand, to identify the linguistic features that cause the sentences to ＂cohere＂, and on the other hand, is to make the sentences in the discourse display some kind of mutual dependence. The paper has intensively analyzed the radio interview between Edward Heath and an interviewer from the perspective of discourse cohesion. After an in-depth analysis, the paper concludes that the interview is quite structurally cohesive by adopting several grammatical cohesive devices or ties, such as the verbal form, the time relator, the conjunction, the reference, the substitution, and the ellipsis, especially the reference and conjunction展开更多
This paper is on the basis of the systemic functional grammar, which is established by British linguist M. A. K. Halliday. It mainly explores its ideas of cohesive devices and gives the analysis of the short essay Rus...This paper is on the basis of the systemic functional grammar, which is established by British linguist M. A. K. Halliday. It mainly explores its ideas of cohesive devices and gives the analysis of the short essay Russell＇s Views on Life. By doing this, the author hopes her analysis of the cohesive devices can be helpful and meaningful both to a discourse from different perspectives and also to the language learning.展开更多
As a beloved children's story, Hailstone Bugs written by Paul Jennings is worthy of being analyzed with the methods of dis-course analysis. In this paper cohesive devices and coherent signals are made use of to de...As a beloved children's story, Hailstone Bugs written by Paul Jennings is worthy of being analyzed with the methods of dis-course analysis. In this paper cohesive devices and coherent signals are made use of to detect whether the story is both cohesive and co-herent and as the same time functions of these devices are explored. Firstly, five types of cohesive devices including reference, substitu-tion, ellipsis, conjunction and lexical ties are exploited to analyze the text. Then the coherence of the story is also analyzed. Furthermore,suggestions for writers of children's story are given according to the research of this paper.展开更多
Cohesive devices in students’business English writing are regarded as the object of the research.Based on Haliday and Hasan’s cohesion theory,this paper introduces commonly-used cohesive devices in English writing.W...Cohesive devices in students’business English writing are regarded as the object of the research.Based on Haliday and Hasan’s cohesion theory,this paper introduces commonly-used cohesive devices in English writing.With the method of quantitative data,use and misuse frequency of cohesive devices in students’writings can be known.The paper will also analyze why misuses happen through qualitative data analysis and explore right ways of using cohesive devices.展开更多
It is known that writing is one of the main basic language skills and is very important for the ESL learners.However,writing skill is normally the more complex and challenging one,especially for Chinese ESL learners.A...It is known that writing is one of the main basic language skills and is very important for the ESL learners.However,writing skill is normally the more complex and challenging one,especially for Chinese ESL learners.A successful written discourse is influenced by a variety of elements and the good use of cohesive device is one of them.In this paper,by using the Halliday&Hasan’s taxonomy of cohesive devices as the framework,the features of cohesive devices which Chinese ESL learners have adopted in their argumentative writings will be analyzed and identified.展开更多
From the perspective of textual analysis, this paper centers on the configuration of semantic coherence and its implications for translation. In the book Cohesion in English, we know that the semantic coherence can be...From the perspective of textual analysis, this paper centers on the configuration of semantic coherence and its implications for translation. In the book Cohesion in English, we know that the semantic coherence can be achieved by cohesive device. Yet in this paper how to deal with the coherent discourse which didn＇t have cohesive device is emphasized.展开更多
This paper investigates the correlation between cohesive knowledge and the quality of English writing of college students, and the difference between higher group and lower group concerning their cohesive knowledge. I...This paper investigates the correlation between cohesive knowledge and the quality of English writing of college students, and the difference between higher group and lower group concerning their cohesive knowledge. It also analyzes the subjects' errors in using cohesive devices related to their scores of English writing. The final results suggest that the use of cohesive knowledge has a significant relationship with the quality of students' writing and students who have more cohesive knowledge can write better than students who have less. It concludes that ambiguity in reference, the overuse and misuse of conjunctions, and the restricted use of lexical cohesion are common errors in students writing, and that further attention should be focused on how to teach the use of lexical cohesion and conjunction devices aso as to improve students' writing ability.展开更多
文摘As a major criterion for textuality and a prominent term in discourse analysis, discourse cohesion is used on the one hand, to identify the linguistic features that cause the sentences to ＂cohere＂, and on the other hand, is to make the sentences in the discourse display some kind of mutual dependence. The paper has intensively analyzed the radio interview between Edward Heath and an interviewer from the perspective of discourse cohesion. After an in-depth analysis, the paper concludes that the interview is quite structurally cohesive by adopting several grammatical cohesive devices or ties, such as the verbal form, the time relator, the conjunction, the reference, the substitution, and the ellipsis, especially the reference and conjunction
文摘This paper is on the basis of the systemic functional grammar, which is established by British linguist M. A. K. Halliday. It mainly explores its ideas of cohesive devices and gives the analysis of the short essay Russell＇s Views on Life. By doing this, the author hopes her analysis of the cohesive devices can be helpful and meaningful both to a discourse from different perspectives and also to the language learning.
文摘As a beloved children's story, Hailstone Bugs written by Paul Jennings is worthy of being analyzed with the methods of dis-course analysis. In this paper cohesive devices and coherent signals are made use of to detect whether the story is both cohesive and co-herent and as the same time functions of these devices are explored. Firstly, five types of cohesive devices including reference, substitu-tion, ellipsis, conjunction and lexical ties are exploited to analyze the text. Then the coherence of the story is also analyzed. Furthermore,suggestions for writers of children's story are given according to the research of this paper.
文摘Cohesive devices in students’business English writing are regarded as the object of the research.Based on Haliday and Hasan’s cohesion theory,this paper introduces commonly-used cohesive devices in English writing.With the method of quantitative data,use and misuse frequency of cohesive devices in students’writings can be known.The paper will also analyze why misuses happen through qualitative data analysis and explore right ways of using cohesive devices.
文摘It is known that writing is one of the main basic language skills and is very important for the ESL learners.However,writing skill is normally the more complex and challenging one,especially for Chinese ESL learners.A successful written discourse is influenced by a variety of elements and the good use of cohesive device is one of them.In this paper,by using the Halliday&Hasan’s taxonomy of cohesive devices as the framework,the features of cohesive devices which Chinese ESL learners have adopted in their argumentative writings will be analyzed and identified.
文摘From the perspective of textual analysis, this paper centers on the configuration of semantic coherence and its implications for translation. In the book Cohesion in English, we know that the semantic coherence can be achieved by cohesive device. Yet in this paper how to deal with the coherent discourse which didn＇t have cohesive device is emphasized.
文摘This paper investigates the correlation between cohesive knowledge and the quality of English writing of college students, and the difference between higher group and lower group concerning their cohesive knowledge. It also analyzes the subjects' errors in using cohesive devices related to their scores of English writing. The final results suggest that the use of cohesive knowledge has a significant relationship with the quality of students' writing and students who have more cohesive knowledge can write better than students who have less. It concludes that ambiguity in reference, the overuse and misuse of conjunctions, and the restricted use of lexical cohesion are common errors in students writing, and that further attention should be focused on how to teach the use of lexical cohesion and conjunction devices aso as to improve students' writing ability.
