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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Concept of bridging in English language

Hey, I have to do a homework which has to do with bridging in English language and I'm not sure whether I understood the theory correctly.

So, the instructions are:
Write sentences on the basis of the following items to illustrate the concept of bridging.

Cohesive item : pointing to

- the floor : the room
- the door : the window
- the top : the roof
- the water : a pond
- the snow : it snowed all night
- the bus : set off to work
- the reindeer : Santa

I'd be very grateful if anyone could help me with it. Thank you in advance! Emotion: smile
  

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Has it been explained to you what "bridging" actually means? Perhaps it is just my ignorance but I have never heard of the concept.

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Has it been explained to you what "bridging" actually means? Perhaps it is just my ignorance but I have never heard of the concept.
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GPY Perhaps it is just my ignorance but I have never heard of the concept.
You are not alone.
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I failed too to find anything on the internet. Given the instructions ('Cohesive item : pointing to'), I suppose that you are to make a sentence with some sort of connector relating the nouns:

The door is next to the window.
The reindeer pull Santa.

If that is all, then the purpose of the exercise eludes me.
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This is the definition of bridging:

If presumed information cannot be directly recovered, but is only implied by the cohesive item (e.g. the), we talk about bridging. This happens when a subclass refers back to a more general class:


Example: He brought some flowers; the roses in particular looked great.

The roses – subclass

Flowers – general
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FlapperGirlThis is the definition of bridging: If presumed information cannot be directly recovered, but is only implied by the cohesive item (e.g. the), we talk about bridging. This happens when a subclass refers back to a more general class:
Whose definition is that?
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I don't know who the author of this definition is, but our professor told us that.
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FlapperGirlThis is the definition of bridging: If presumed information cannot be directly recovered, but is only implied by the cohesive item (e.g. the), we talk about bridging. This happens when a subclass refers back to a more general class: Example: He brought some flowers; the roses in particular looked great.The roses – subclassFlowers – general class And another exa
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FlapperGirlBut I don't really know how to do it ..
Well, at least part of it is obvious. You make a sentence with the first word you're given and sentence with the second word you're given, and you join them with a semi-colon. Just make the second part continue the little story that you started in the first part. Give it a try. Use your imagination. It ca
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Well, yes, I know that, but I think that sentences have to have a certain structure. The cohesive item has to be in certain relation to the the word towards which it's pointing. Anyway, I'll try to figure it out.
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Hi Flappergirl,

May I ask what level you are studying English at? eg Advanced?
Or are you studying linguistics?

Clive
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