Chapter 7 Cohesion in Literary Discourse 文体学课件.pptVIP

Chapter 7 Cohesion in Literary Discourse Definition:?It?refers?to?“the?set?of linguistic ?devices?that?bind?a?text together,? that?give?it?unity?or?texture.”? (Halliday?and ?Hasan,1976:23)? 7.1?Phonological?Devices? Cohesion?at?phonological?level?can?be? achieved?through?sound?pattern?such?as ?alliteration,? assonance?and?rhyme.? Examples?see?P.154-155 The?alliteration?and?assonance?serves to? establish?some?kind?of?connection?or?among?the? item?that?are?phonetically?associated. They?function?as?important?devices?that?knit? the text? together?and?create?unity?of? discourse.? The?harmony?of?vowels?and?unity?of?consonants? greatly?reinforce?the?theme?of?the?extract-the unity?of?life?and?the?harmony?of?the?natural?world.? The?ingenious?use?of?these?sound?patterns?is?a? feature?of?creative?poetry.? The?rhythmic?patterning?in?the?extract?also? helps? to?make?the?text?stick?together. 7.2 Syntactic Devices Three?categories?to?be?discussed:?coreference,?ellipsis,?and?linkage.? Coreference:?it?is?the?means?of?referring?to?something?elsewhere?in?the?text.? Two?subcategories:?anaphoric?reference?and? cataphoric?reference? Anaphoric?coreference?refers?to?something?that?has?already?been?mentioned?in?the?text,?while? the?latter?refers?to?something?that?is?yet?to?come? The?two?are?realized?by?third?person?pronouns? (it,?he,?she,?they,?him,?her,?them)and?the?definite?article?(the). Examples: My?uncle Melik?was?just?about?the?worst farmer?that?ever?lived.?He?was?too? imaginative?and?poetic?for?his?own?good.? What?he?wanted?was?beauty.? Tom?Sponson,?at?fifty three,?was?a? thoroughly?successful?man.?He?had?worked?up?a?first class?business,? married?a?charming?wife,? and?built?himself?a?good?house?in?the