An Analysis of Textual Cohesion in a Passage from Maria Gripe's "Hugo och Josefin."

Autor/in	Andersson, Erik
Titel	An Analysis of Textual Cohesion in a Passage from Maria Gripe's "Hugo och Josefin."
Quelle	(1978), (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Childrens Literature; Coherence; Cohesion (Written Composition); Connected Discourse; Discourse Analysis; Foreign Countries; Linguistic Theory; Literary Criticism; Swedish; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Diskursanalyse; Ausland; Linguistische Theorie; Literaturkritik; Schwedisch; Schweden
Abstract	Sentence-by-sentence analysis of factual or propositional cohesion in the first 29 lines of a Swedish children's story finds several sources of coherence that contribute to its cohesion. First, the text receives much coherence from its description of a single event, a situation where happenings are normal and expected. Second, a rather primitive and simple discourse universe is gradually expanded into a more elaborate one by introducing new individuals related to the original ones, by building on existing referents, and by combining sentences to illustrate the social relations between individuals and the attitude of these individuals toward school. This technique enables the reader to draw inferences about the story. The factual cohesion considered here is distinct from other elements such as cohesion markers, which are not markers but only symptoms of factual, situational, and iconic cohesion. (MSE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC