New Research on Cohesion and Coherence in Linguistics

by Liu Rushan and Zhang Delu

Book Overview

The study of text cohesion and coherence has been a topic of heated discussion in Linguistics since the 1990s. Western linguists have developed two major theoretical frameworks to describe the relationship between the two concepts: one posits that cohesive devices are important means to ensure cohesion; the other argues that coherence does not rely on cohesion. Yet neither has complete explanatory power over reality; nor can they solve real-life...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032039892
• ISBN13: 9781032039893
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"