pragmatic cohesion(updated)

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?”