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Most language is not wholly transactional or interactional but a mix of both

the analysis of ______ _________ is known as discourse analysis

Which reference are classified into two classes?

We can think of Ellipsis as

In this sentence, which type of reference does “we” belong to?

“In the medical field we can say by nuclear ray sometimes we can treat a cancer patient.”

It consists of reference, ellipsis, substitution, and conjunction.

There are six types of it: Repetition, Synonymy, Antonymy, Hyponymy, Meronymy and Collocation

It can be defined as the set of resources for constructing relations in discourse which transcend the grammatical structure.

It is the second part of the clause in which Theme is developed, and usually contains unfamiliar information, or new knowledge that a writer assumes his/her readers do not know.

It is the element that serves as the point of departure of the message and locates and orients the clause within its context

It is a group of two or more words that are almost always put together to create a specific meaning.

It refers to words that are repeated in the text, as well as words that have changed to reflect tense or number.

Cohesion focuses more on the lexical and grammar in sentence formation.

Since, next, however, therefore, similarly are all examples of

They promote authoritarian leaders, and they fan the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country. The underlined word is a ... .

Lexical words

Grammatical cohesion includes 4 devices such as

Cohesion

Lexical cohesion is divided into

In the following sentence,  “Actually” is the interpersonal theme and “ the concert” is topical theme:  Actually, the concert was beyond my expectation

    Interpersonal themes reveal both the information and the attitude of the speaker.

Clausal Ellipsis is a cohesive device used in: (1) The symphony was written in 1812. (2) It is considered to be one of the finest in the repertoire of nineteenth century symphonic compositions