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ZBH Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Cohesive devices

How do I know if a word is a cohesive device?
Are since/where/if/when/which/how/also cohesive devices?
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ZBH a cohesive device Please provide a definition for this term as you are using it. CJ

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  • ZBH a cohesive device Please provide a definition for this term as you are using it.
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ZBHa cohesive device
Please provide a definition for this term as you are using it.

CJ
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Cohesive Device: [cohesive tie] Cohesive devices are grammatical and lexical features which link one part of the text with another.
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ZBHCohesive Device: [cohesive tie] Cohesive devices are grammatical and lexical features which link one part of the text with another.
since/where/if/when/which/how/also

I'm not so sure about "how", but the others appear to me to have some linking properties.

The conjunctions, both coordinating and subordinating, are good examples, as are th
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Maybe they mean conjunctions (coordinating, subordinating, correlative) and conjunctive adverbs. I suppose it could also include some punctuation marks, semicolon, colon and em-dash.
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