Contrastive Analysis

Contrastive Analysis
9-Cohesion: ( cohesive tie)
Cohesion is overt (observable) links and connections between the sentences and clauses in a text.
Texts often contain signals which help a reader to interpret them and find the relations between
segments.
A: what did the police do.
B: they arrested the demonstrators.ﻩﺪﻨﻨﮐ ﺮهﺎﻈﺕ
B: the pigs arrested them.
My father once bought a Lincoln convertible. He did it by saving every penny he could. That car was very expensive. He loved it ,
however; he sold it to help pay for my college education. Sometimes I think I’d rather have the convertible!
10-Coherence:
Coherence is the covert relationship /link between the sentences (propositions) which can be
interpreted through illocutionary act.
Nancy: that’s the telephone!
Bob: I’m in bath.
Nancy: ok
In these sentences there is no clear connection but we can find the links