informal cohesion Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
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features of cohesion
A
lexical choice - antonymy, hyponymy, hypernymy, synonymy, jargon
- collocation
- information flow: clefting, front focus and end focus
- referencing: anaphoric, cataphoric and diectic
- repitition
- substitution
- ellipsis
- conjunctions
- adverbials
2
Q
lexical choice
A
synonymy keeps texts interesting by substituting similar words throughout a text to avoid repitition
antonymy is to create a contrasting idea and for a more concise and efficient message because it can
easily be compared
3
Q
collocation
A
words that are associated with words
“strong coffee” “powerful coffee”
3
Q
referencing
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anaphoric: referring back to something in a text
cataphoric: referring to something before its introduced
deictic: contextual reference
