pragmatic cohesion(updated)
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Yesterday I discussed with a party. The party was very
funny but they could not dance it because she was dancing so loudly that I could not hear the
class.
Read the following lines and explain what happens
with it.
A: The Phone is ringingB: I’m in the bathroomC: Ok
Can you undeRstand the following ConveRsation?
According to what we’ve studied so far, what’s COHERENCE for you?
The previous examples show that coherence depends on the ability of the reader/listener to:
-Identify the relationships between the -ilo- and locutionary acts, by
- activating his-her previous knowledge about:
- The topic, the information given by the cotext and context where the text is or was produced.
In a sentence, It’ s given by the order in which its elements are organized.
Tey are:
It comes at the
beginning of the
sentence
It comes after the Theme
watCh out!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don’t confuse THEME and RHEME with SUBJECT and PREDICATE, since they correspond to
different levels of analysis.
theMe RheMe
suBJeCtpRediCate
Syntactic Level. Pragmatic Level.
theMe RheMeThe teacher
We
A new text
This morning,
WhoGive
Please,
gave us a new text this morningwere given a new text by the teacherwas given to us by the teacher this morninga new text was given by the teachergave us a new text this morning?us a new text this morning, pleasegive us a new text
GIVEN INFORMATION
The information that has already been
mentioned or inferable from information
already mentioned in previous parts of the
text
NEWINFORMATION
Refers to the information that has
not been mentioned, or cannot been
inferred from the text or context.
Given Information
NewInformation
Theme position:At the
beginning of the clause
Rheme positionAt the end of
the clause
theMatiC patteRingThe constant pattern
It’s when the THEME is repeated over several clauses or sentences, and it’s coded through
different cohesive devices.
T1 R1
T2 R2
T3 R3
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS PATTERN?
Urea is a very important chemical because
which is used in many industrial and biological
processes. It is excreted in the urine as an end
product of protein metabolism. It is produced on
large scale and 0 used as a fertilizer and raw
material in the manufacture of some plastics and
drugs. It can be extracted from natural
processes or 0 artificially prepared in
laboratories.
theMatiC patteRingThe linear Thematic Pattern
It’s when the THEME of every sentence is chosen from the Rheme of the previous clause or
sentence.
T1 R1
T2 R2
T3 R3
Can you explain this patteRn?
The early feminist movement was
greatly influenced by the work on
Mary Wollstonecraft. She proposed
a feminist agenda whose aims were to
expose the exclusion of women from
traditionally “male” spheres like
politics, economics, education and
religion . These aims became a main
focus for religious women in particular
in the United States.
theMatiC patteRing
The complex combined pattern
It results from the combination of two or more patterns already described
TEXTTEXTURE
COHESION
A semantic Unit
The effect produced by
connections that exist
between function words and
content words in texts.
The effect caused by
cohesion
LEXICAL
COHESION
GRAMMATICAL
COHESION
FIND THE MISTAKE IN THIS READING…
Artist Pablo Cassels, lost his pants on The London
Underground last week and he has offered $200 to
the person who returns them. If you have any
information, phone 0178-334-5656
Thank Goodness I didn’t lose my
Brushes!!!
FIND THE MISTAKE IN THIS READING…
LONELY HEARTS
Small, single, intelligent woman wishes to meet tall,
attractive, non-smoking mule. Please send photos and
phone number to Box 242.
“Will you marry me?”