On The Relationship Between The Coherence And Cohesive Markers Of A Text

This paper mainly discusses the relationship between textual cohesion and coherence. On the basis of the discussion, we try to challenge too much emphasis on the explicit cohesive markers in organizing a text. Through reading Cohesion in English by Halliday & Hasan (1976), Discourse Analysis by Brown & Yule (1983), Discourse Cohesion and Coherence by Hu Zhuanglin (1994) and Essentials of Text Analysis by Huang Guowen (1988), and quite a number of books and papers by scholars at home and abroad like Zhu Yongsheng ,ZhangDelu and liu Chendan, etc. We think we've learned a lot aboutDiscourse Analysis. On the one hand, we think scholars have enoughreasons to say that cohesion and coherence are the two basic properties or requirements of a text; on the other hand, it seems to us that over emphasis has been placed on explicit cohesive markers. We disagree with the view that a text without explicit cohesive devices is in lack of cohesion. In our opinion, the cohesive devices can be explicit or implicit. Cohesion and coherence are both necessary for a text, and textual cohesion is set up on the basis of textual coherence.Since the early 1970s, there has been a rapid expansion of description of text properties. Linguists have explored both spoken and written texts from different angles, and have tended to concentrate on explicit cohesive devices, while the implicit cohesive devices have seemingly been overlooked.This paper does not stop at explicit cohesive devices and the nature of cohesion and coherence, but it aims at exploring how a text withoutexplicit cohesive markers works, although explicit cohesive markers dohelp to strengthen and demonstrate textual coherence. For variouspragmatic purposes may need and allow texts without explicit cohesivemarkers..This paper consists of the following five chapters:Chapter One: IntroductionChapter Two: Explicit Cohesive Devices of a Text: Five Types ofCohesive Devices :Chapter Three: The Relationship Between Coherence and Cohesion.Chapter Four: Pragmatic Analysis of Texts Without Explicit CohesiveMarkersChapter Five: ConclusionAny text must be coherent and cohesive. Coherence comes first and cohesion can help to strengthen and consolidate the coherence of a text. Cohesion of a text can be explicit or implicit. A text with implicit cohesion does have its special pragmatic functions.