Cohesion (linguistics)
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Cohesion (linguistics)
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Cohesion is the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning. It is related to the broader concept of coherence. There are two main types of cohesion:
- grammatical cohesion: based on structural content
- lexical cohesion: based on lexical content and background knowledge. A cohesive text is created in many different ways. In Cohesion in English, M.A.K. Halliday and Ruqaiya Hasan identify five general categories of cohesive devices
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Grammatical and lexical linking in text
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohesion_(linguistics)
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2006-12-27T17:10:17Z
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2024-09-08T22:13:11Z
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