o Cohesion gives meaning to a text, coherence enhances the continuity of

sense within the text.

o Intentionality subsumes the intentions of text producers, that is, their
attitude. Acceptability concerns the receiver’s attitude to asses if the
relevance or usefulness of a text.
o Informativity concerns the extent to which the contents of a text are
already known or expected as compared to unknown or unexpected.
o Situationality concerns the factors that make a text relevant to a situation
of occurrence. It implies that the situation in which a text is exchanged
influences the comprehension of the text
o Finally, intertextuality concerns the factors which make the utilization of
one text dependent upon knowledge of one or more previously encountered
text. If a text receiver does not have prior knowledge of a relevant text,
communication may break down because the understanding of the current
text is obscured.