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Coherence and Cohesion
Coherence and Cohesion
Coherence and Cohesion
Coherence
Jihan Khairunisa
1613042019
Cohesion and Coherence
One of the most salient phenomena of discourse is the
fact that sentences/utterances are linked together.
Two types of connections that tie discourse together:
1. Endophoric connections (which have their
manifestation in the discourse itself) ⇒ cohesion
2. Exophoric connections (which can be made based on
information/knowledge outside the discourse) ⇒
coherence
Consider the following example:
“Susan got pregnant and she married."