Lexical cohesion in multiparty conversations

González, María de los Ángeles Gómez

doi:10.1016/j.langsci.2010.07.005

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“…In the present study, ellipsis and substitution were used a lot, too. However, other similar studies on written data have illustrated that these two devices are rarely employed in writing (Dijkstra, Bourgeois, Allen, & Burgio, 2004;Liu & Braine, 2005;Rostami Abu-Sa'eedi, 2010;Gonzalez, 2010). Thus, it may not be important to examine the extent of the application of these two sub-types in studies on cohesion of written language, because ''[…] they are more characteristically found in dialogues'' (Halliday, 2000, p. 337) and seldom seen in writing.…”

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<b>Identity: a cohesive device in some Persian live sport radio and TV talks

Ahangar

Taki

Rahimi

2017

Acta Sci. Lang. Cult.

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ABSTRACT. Identity is a cohesive device that helps to have a better understanding of speech. This article analyzes the identity device and its sub-sets in some Persian live sport radio and TV programs. The theoretical framework of this research is Dooley and Levinsohn (2001). A data-driven approach based on the access to the detailed discourse context was used to have a reliable sample for the research. So, around 200 minutes of 20 different live sport radio and TV programs were transcribed. The authors present the identity extent of functionality via comparing its degree of frequency employing the SPSS software while evaluating the meaningfulness of differences in application of each of its sub-categories. This evidenceoriented research supports that the subcategories of identity can also be studied in Persian in the same way as Dooley and Levinsohn's (2001) view among which pronouns receive the most frequency whereas proforms do the least. Pronouns and ellipsis contain a meaningful difference between their application in radio and TV data. In addition, there is not any significant difference between the applications of repetition, substitution and other pro-forms. Finally, identity is reported as having a significant relation in its application in the research corpora.Keywords: identity, pronouns, pro-forms, ellipsis, substitution, repetition.Identidade: um recurso de coesão em falas de esporte ao vivo em rádios e TVs do Irã RESUMO. A identidade é um recurso coesivo que colabora com uma melhor compreensão da fala. Este artigo analisa o recurso da identidade e seus subconjuntos em programas esportivos, ao vivo, de rádio e TV em persa. O quadro teórico desta pesquisa é Dooley e Levinsohn (2001). Uma abordagem dirigida por dados baseada no acesso ao contexto discursivo detalhado foi utilizada para se obter uma amostra confiável para a pesquisa. Assim, em torno de 200 minutos de 20 diferentes programas ao vivo de esportes de rádio e TV foram transcritos. Os autores apresentam o alcance da identidade da funcionalidade pela comparação de seu grau de frequência empregando o software SPSS enquanto avaliam a significância das diferenças em aplicação de cada uma de suas subcategorias. Esta pesquisa orientada para as evidências sustenta que as subcategorias da identidade também podem ser estudadas em persa, de acordo com as propostas de Dooley e Levinsohn (2001), dentre as quais pronomes recebem a frequência mais alta, ao passo que pró-formas recebem as frequências mais baixas. Pronomes e elipse apresentam diferença significativa entre suas aplicações aos dados do rádio e da TV. Ademais, não há diferença significativa entre as aplicações de repetição, substituição e outras pró-formas. Finalmente, relata-se que a identidade apresenta relação significativa em sua aplicação na pesquisa.

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Section: F Analysis Of Substitutionmentioning

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<b>Identity: a cohesive device in some Persian live sport radio and TV talks

Ahangar

Taki

Rahimi

2017

Acta Sci. Lang. Cult.

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“…In the realm of discourse analysis, the cohesive devices that hang the texts together are extremely visited by scholar like Swales (1990), Taboada (2004), Tanskanen (2006), andGonzález (2011) who have contributed to this area, illuminating the nuanced features that set each genre and register apart.…”

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The Cohesive Function of the Reference in the Business and Economic Language: A Case of English-Arabic Translated Texts

2023

JJMLL

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Reference as a cohesive device is tackled differently between languages that descend from different families. Reference in English is assumed to be more cohesive than Arabic in the literary texts as argued by Moindjie (2015) The corpus in this study is collected from business and economic texts drawn from World Bank Blogs and follows Halliday and Hassan’s (1976) cohesion analysis scheme where reference plays a major role. The study is an attempt to explore the reference behavior qualitatively in this specific genre and an examination of the postulation that reference depends on particular language peculiarities rather than translators’ choices. It reveals that the business and economic genre shows a similar behavior of reference to the literary genre and that the same factors affect the three types of reference, namely, personal, demonstrative, and comparative reference. These factors are syndeton, asyndeton, hypotaxis, concreteness and abstractness and other interchangeable items in addition to the oblique procedures, including transposition and modulation, where systematic equivalence cannot be found in the translation. Keywords: Reference, Syndeton, Asyndeton, Hypotaxis, Cohesion, Translatability.

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“…In text linguistics, repetitions have been studied as a device to create textual continuity in written texts (e.g., Halliday & Hasan, 1976;Hoey, 1992;Myers, 1991;Mahlberg, 2006;Flowerdew & Mahlberg, 2009). In spoken discourse, repetitions have been used to maintain continuity of the conversation under particular topics (Gómez González, 2010, 2011. Nonetheless, these studies mainly focus on the functions of repetitions in texts as cohesive devices without investigating the interactive reiteration between multiple interlocutors, and possible factors influencing the choices of repetitions are not addressed.…”

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The Influence of Contexts and Orientations on Interlocutors’ Choices of Concept Reiterations

Panseeta,

Todd

2023

rEFLections

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This research investigates whether there are relationships between the choices of concept reiterations and interlocutors’ orientations, between the choices of concept reiterations and contexts of communication, and between affective connotations of paraphrase, interlocutors’ orientations and contexts of communication. The data were collected from four different contexts, namely, the Hotel, Forum, Court, and Debate corpora. The results suggested no clear relationship between interlocutors’ orientations and the choices of concept reiterations but the contexts of communication were likely to influence choices of reiterations, especially in the use of repetitions and the purposeful shift of paraphrase connotations to achieve the professional goals of communication in the Hotel and Court corpora which are the contexts where interlocutors are bound by their social roles.

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Lexical cohesion in multiparty conversations

Cited by 13 publications

References 55 publications

<b>Identity: a cohesive device in some Persian live sport radio and TV talks

<b>Identity: a cohesive device in some Persian live sport radio and TV talks

The Cohesive Function of the Reference in the Business and Economic Language: A Case of English-Arabic Translated Texts

The Influence of Contexts and Orientations on Interlocutors’ Choices of Concept Reiterations

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