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Grammar of Texts
Grammar of sentences
TEXT
TEXTURE MORE THAN ONE SENTENCE
MEANINGFUL UNIT
COHERENT
TEXT
COHESION OLD-NEW INFORMATION THEME-RHEME
THEME PROGRESSION
LEXICAL COHESION CO-REFERENCE
COLLOCATION CONTEXT
REFERENCE
CLAUSE
phrase phrase
Wo Wo Wo
phrase
Wo
phrase
Wo
Wo
asking you
to
believe
words
morphemes phonemes
SITUATION
words
morphemes phonemes
SITUATION
Non verbal
Verbal
words
morphemes phonemes
SITUATION
Non structural
Structural
words
morphemes phonemes
CONSTITUENT
FORM
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
CONSTITUENT
FORM
phrase
am asking
phrase
AUX
VERB
AUX
VERB
clause
Form1
Form2
ask
PROGR affix
FUNCTION
CONSTITUENT
FORM
I am asking
sentence
NP
sentence
VP
I am asking
sentence
The notion of cohesion refers to the way sentences combine so as to ensure that there is propositional development
PROPOSITION I am asking
sentence
SITUATION
The notion of cohesion refers to the way sentences combine so as to ensure that there is propositional development
SITUATION
The notion of cohesion refers to the way sentences combine so as to ensure that there is propositional development
SITUATION
The notion of cohesion refers to the way sentences combine so as to ensure that there is propositional development
SITUATION
The notion of cohesion refers to the way sentences combine so as to ensure that there is propositional development
2 PROPOSITIONS
2 SENTENCES
SITUATION
functional
SITUATION
(x)=y 6+x=3
(x)=y 6+x=3
(x)=y 6+x=3
COHERENT
to itself (cohesive)
COHESION linear
COHESION linear
surface DEPENDENCIES
(Halliday and Hassan 1977)
COHESION linear
Relations of MEANING that exist within the text, and that define it as TEXT where the INTERPRETATION of some element in the discourse is DEPENDENT on that of another. The one presupposes the other, in the sense that it cannot be effectively DECODED except by recourse to it (Halliday and Hassan 1977).
COHESION linear
overt dependency A
t
COHESION linear
overt dependency A
t
COHESION linear
overt dependency
COHESION linear
overt dependency A
t
COHESION linear
overt dependency
COHESION linear
overt dependency
COHESION linear
overt dependency
COHESION linear
overt dependency A
t
COHESION linear
overt dependency A
t
COHESION linear
A SEMANTIC property of DISCOURSE formed through the interpretation of each individual SENTENCE relative to the interpretation of other sentences, with "interpretation" implying interaction between the text and the reader (van Dijk 1979).
COHESION linear
A COVERT POTENTIAL meaning relationship among parts of a text, made overt by the reader or listener through PROCESSES of INTERPRETATION. (Blum & Kulka 1986:17).
COHESION linear
[when] the components of the TEXTUAL WORLD, i.e. the configuration of CONCEPTS and RELATIONS which UNDERLIE THE TEXT are MUTUALLY accessible and relevant. (de Beaugrande 1981)
COHESION linear
6+x=8 8=6+x
convergent state of conceptual stability
6+2=8
*6+3=8
*7+2=8
EVENT (x)
Hadnt slept > went to sleep Hadnt slept CAUSE went to sleep
co-reference repetition
tense reference