Two ‘howevers’ and ‘moreovers’ do not a cohesive text make Edward de Chazal e.dechazal@ucl.ac.uk UCL Language Centre UCL portico with tree UCL portico with tree http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EObJM5duFU8/SIWrL3BxQFI/AAAAAAAACdE/ohGkuz3eYLA/s400/300px-University_of_ Otago.jpg http://auo.ac/images/bangor1.jpg http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Education/Pix/pictures/2008/07/25/liverpool1.jpg http://www.thetechherald.com/media/images/200833/DSC028481_1.jpg http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Education/Pix/pictures/2008/07/25/liverpool1.jpg Bilkent University http://members.iinet.net.au/~ozibob/oxford%20university.jpg http://www.educatednation.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/oxford_university_collegesall_souls.jpg UCL portico with tree logo_imapct_bitmap72dpi_bez_sloganu Cohesion is... –... an essential element of a text, holding it together through the expression of meaning through language – –... related to coherence (logic and meaning) – –...a reliable, broad-based, deeply-rooted system Cohesion is not... –... a peripheral element of a text – –... a free-standing tick-the-box sprinkling of ‘howevers’ and ‘moreovers’ – –...a formulaic, surface-based phenomenon added on at the end of the writing process Cohesion ‘in other words’... • ‘...part of the system of a language...lies in the relation between two [items]...a semantic relation expressed through language / the lexicogrammatical system / and intonation (Halliday and Hasan, 1976: 5 – 6) • • ‘…the integration which is achieved between different parts of a text by various types of semantic and referential linkages’ (Biber et al. 1999: 42) A description of cohesion • 1 – 3 Identifiers • these state what something is, or what quality it has, and typically involve noun phrases • 4 Contextualisers • 5 Focusers • 6 Interactors • 7 Macro-organisers http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3028/2558545963_9091e22fba.jpg 1 Lexis • What? • achieving cohesion using lexical means, i.e. by using words • • How? • by using synonyms, repetition, substitution, parallel expression, and rephrasing • • • To understand life on Earth, we need to know how animals (including humans), plants, and microbes work, ultimately in terms of the molecular processes that underlie their functioning. This is the 'how' question of biology; an enormous amount of research during the last century has produced spectacular progress towards answering this question. This effort has shown that even the simplest organism capable of independent existence, a bacterial cell, is a machine of great complexity, with thousands of different protein molecules that act in a coordinated fashion to fulfil the functions necessary for the cell to survive, and to divide to produce two daughter cells (see Chapter 3). This complexity is even greater in higher organisms such as a fly or human being. These start life as a single cell, formed by the fusion of an egg and a sperm. There is then a delicately controlled series of cell divisions, accompanied by the differentiation of the resulting cells into many distinct types. The process of development eventually produces the adult organism, with its highly organized structure made up of different tissues and organs, and its capacity for elaborate behaviour. Our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that underlie this complexity of structure and function is rapidly expanding. Although there are still many unsolved problems, biologists are convinced that even the most complicated features of living creatures, such as human consciousness, reflect the operation of chemical and physical processes that are accessible to scientific analysis. • • To understand life on Earth, we need to know how animals (including humans), plants, and microbes work, ultimately in terms of the molecular processes that underlie their functioning. This is the 'how' question of biology; an enormous amount of research during the last century has produced spectacular progress towards answering this question. This effort has shown that even the simplest organism capable of independent existence, a bacterial cell, is a machine of great complexity, with thousands of different protein molecules that act in a coordinated fashion to fulfil the functions necessary for the cell to survive, and to divide to produce two daughter cells (see Chapter 3). This complexity is even greater in higher organisms such as a fly or human being. These start life as a single cell, formed by the fusion of an egg and a sperm. There is then a delicately controlled series of cell divisions, accompanied by the differentiation of the resulting cells into many distinct types. The process of development eventually produces the adult organism, with its highly organized structure made up of different tissues and organs, and its capacity for elaborate behaviour. Our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that underlie this complexity of structure and function is rapidly expanding. 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This is the 'how' question of biology; an enormous amount of research during the last century has produced spectacular progress towards answering this question. This effort has shown that even the simplest organism capable of independent existence, a bacterial cell, is a machine of great complexity, with thousands of different protein molecules that act in a coordinated fashion to fulfil the functions necessary for the cell to survive, and to divide to produce two daughter cells (see Chapter 3). This complexity is even greater in higher organisms such as a fly or human being. These start life as a single cell, formed by the fusion of an egg and a sperm. There is then a delicately controlled series of cell divisions, accompanied by the differentiation of the resulting cells into many distinct types. The process of development eventually produces the adult organism, with its highly organized structure made up of different tissues and organs, and its capacity for elaborate behaviour. Our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that underlie this complexity of structure and function is rapidly expanding. Although there are still many unsolved problems, biologists are convinced that even the most complicated features of living creatures, such as human consciousness, reflect the operation of chemical and physical processes that are accessible to scientific analysis. • • this • these • the • our • such [a/an] • •| question phenomenon •| issue standpoint •| problem endeavour •| complexity stance •| challenge opportunity •| achievement work •| failure research •| observation solution •| discussion condition •| process eventuality •| explanation development •| difficulty pattern •| argument trend •| controversy uncertainty •| analysis ø http://www.samuel-smith.com/travel/cphonour/images_large/II25_anchor_chain.jpg 3 Pronouns & determiners • What? • avoiding repetition of recurring nouns and showing backward and forward (anaphoric and cataphoric) chains of reference in a text • • How? • by mechanically (not creatively) selecting the correct grammatical device: • pronoun (including relative pronoun); or • determiner + ‘uncontroversial’ noun phrase • • • • • • • To understand life on Earth, we need to know how animals (including humans), plants, and microbes work, ultimately in terms of the molecular processes that underlie their functioning. This is the 'how' question of biology; an enormous amount of research during the last century has produced spectacular progress towards answering this question. This effort has shown that even the simplest organism capable of independent existence, a bacterial cell, is a machine of great complexity, with thousands of different protein molecules that act in a coordinated fashion to fulfil the functions necessary for the cell to survive, and to divide to produce two daughter cells (see Chapter 3). This complexity is even greater in higher organisms such as a fly or human being. These start life as a single cell, formed by the fusion of an egg and a sperm. There is then a delicately controlled series of cell divisions, accompanied by the differentiation of the resulting cells into many distinct types. The process of development eventually produces the adult organism, with its highly organized structure made up of different tissues and organs, and its capacity for elaborate behaviour. Our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that underlie this complexity of structure and function is rapidly expanding. Although there are still many unsolved problems, biologists are convinced that even the most complicated features of living creatures, such as human consciousness, reflect the operation of chemical and physical processes that are accessible to scientific analysis. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9gn6KLa5xtY/SX57pLcY9CI/AAAAAAAADho/79yuJbuycGM/s400/BushObamaShadowWavin g.jpg 4 Contextualisers • What? • contextualising by adding: circumstantial information (where, when, why, how [...], to/for whom...); linking material; and offering freestanding stance and perspective elements • • How? • by using adverbials (mainly realised as prepositional phrases, adverbs, subordinate clauses) in initial, medial or final position • • • • • • • To understand life on Earth, we need to know how animals (including humans), plants, and microbes work, ultimately in terms of the molecular processes that underlie their functioning. This is the 'how' question of biology; an enormous amount of research during the last century has produced spectacular progress towards answering this question. This effort has shown that even the simplest organism capable of independent existence, a bacterial cell, is a machine of great complexity, with thousands of different protein molecules that act in a coordinated fashion to fulfil the functions necessary for the cell to survive, and to divide to produce two daughter cells (see Chapter 3). This complexity is even greater in higher organisms such as a fly or human being. These start life as a single cell, formed by the fusion of an egg and a sperm. There is then a delicately controlled series of cell divisions, accompanied by the differentiation of the resulting cells into many distinct types. The process of development eventually produces the adult organism, with its highly organized structure made up of different tissues and organs, and its capacity for elaborate behaviour. Our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that underlie this complexity of structure and function is rapidly expanding. Although there are still many unsolved problems, biologists are convinced that even the most complicated features of living creatures, such as human consciousness, reflect the operation of chemical and physical processes that are accessible to scientific analysis. • • To understand life on Earth, we need to know how animals (including humans), plants, and microbes work, ultimately in terms of the molecular processes that underlie their functioning. This is the 'how' question of biology; an enormous amount of research during the last century has produced spectacular progress towards answering this question. This effort has shown that even the simplest organism capable of independent existence, a bacterial cell, is a machine of great complexity, with thousands of different protein molecules that act in a coordinated fashion to fulfil the functions necessary for the cell to survive, and to divide to produce two daughter cells (see Chapter 3). This complexity is even greater in higher organisms such as a fly or human being. These start life as a single cell, formed by the fusion of an egg and a sperm. There is then a delicately controlled series of cell divisions, accompanied by the differentiation of the resulting cells into many distinct types. The process of development eventually produces the adult organism, with its highly organized structure made up of different tissues and organs, and its capacity for elaborate behaviour. Our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that underlie this complexity of structure and function is rapidly expanding. Although there are still many unsolved problems, biologists are convinced that even the most complicated features of living creatures, such as human consciousness, reflect the operation of chemical and physical processes that are accessible to scientific analysis. http://www.awf.org/files/3819_file_lion_Kleberg.jpg 5 Focusers • What? • employing grammatical transformations from default patterns (e.g. SVO) to organise text and lead audience focus • • How? • by using fronts, clefts, inversion, ellipsis, plus certain passive and it / there structures; also (lexicogrammatically) using coordinators, especially but • • • • • http://www.gurdjieff-internet.com/images/policeman.jpg 6 Interactors • What? • visibly situating the text within the writer/audience context by involving and interacting with the audience, sharing experience, and offering directives including references to items outside the text (exophoric) • How? • by using imperatives, inclusive language, and references to familiar agents • • • • • • • To understand life on Earth, we need to know how animals (including humans), plants, and microbes work, ultimately in terms of the molecular processes that underlie their functioning. This is the 'how' question of biology; an enormous amount of research during the last century has produced spectacular progress towards answering this question. This effort has shown that even the simplest organism capable of independent existence, a bacterial cell, is a machine of great complexity, with thousands of different protein molecules that act in a coordinated fashion to fulfil the functions necessary for the cell to survive, and to divide to produce two daughter cells (see Chapter 3). This complexity is even greater in higher organisms such as a fly or human being. These start life as a single cell, formed by the fusion of an egg and a sperm. There is then a delicately controlled series of cell divisions, accompanied by the differentiation of the resulting cells into many distinct types. The process of development eventually produces the adult organism, with its highly organized structure made up of different tissues and organs, and its capacity for elaborate behaviour. Our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that underlie this complexity of structure and function is rapidly expanding. Although there are still many unsolved problems, biologists are convinced that even the most complicated features of living creatures, such as human consciousness, reflect the operation of chemical and physical processes that are accessible to scientific analysis. Pont%20du%20Gard,%20Roman%20Aqueduct 7 Macro-organisers • What? • embedding non-linguistic, navigational and overarching devices to indicate macro-textual relations • • How? • by using titles, headings, numbering, legends, iconic statements, and visual means • • • • • • Chapter 2 • • The process of evolution • • To understand life on Earth, we need to know how animals (including humans), plants, and microbes work, ultimately in terms of the molecular processes that underlie their functioning. This is the 'how' question of biology; an enormous amount of research during the last century has produced spectacular progress towards answering this question. This effort has shown that even the simplest organism capable of independent existence, a bacterial cell, is a machine of great complexity, with thousands of different protein molecules that act in a coordinated fashion to fulfil the functions necessary for the cell to survive, and to divide to produce two daughter cells (see Chapter 3). This complexity is even greater in higher organisms such as a fly or human being. These start life as a single cell, formed by the fusion of an egg and a sperm. There is then a delicately controlled series of cell divisions, accompanied by the differentiation of the resulting cells into many distinct types. The process of development eventually produces the adult organism, with its highly organized structure made up of different tissues and organs, and its capacity for elaborate behaviour. • • Chapter 2 • • The process of evolution • • To understand life on Earth, we need to know how animals (including humans), plants, and microbes work, ultimately in terms of the molecular processes that underlie their functioning. This is the 'how' question of biology; an enormous amount of research during the last century has produced spectacular progress towards answering this question. This effort has shown that even the simplest organism capable of independent existence, a bacterial cell, is a machine of great complexity, with thousands of different protein molecules that act in a coordinated fashion to fulfil the functions necessary for the cell to survive, and to divide to produce two daughter cells (see Chapter 3). This complexity is even greater in higher organisms such as a fly or human being. These start life as a single cell, formed by the fusion of an egg and a sperm. There is then a delicately controlled series of cell divisions, accompanied by the differentiation of the resulting cells into many distinct types. The process of development eventually produces the adult organism, with its highly organized structure made up of different tissues and organs, and its capacity for elaborate behaviour. • Activities: knowing and noticing • 1 identify, and evaluate, cohesive language in text • 2 rewrite text to enhance cohesion • 3 put back taken-out cohesive material – ‘cold’, or from memory • 4 collaboratively choose best cohesive material • 5 match semantically similar items • 6 correct wrong items / improve poor items / delete superfluous items – based on student text • 7 construct / improve chains of reference in text • Practise cohesive activities Lift the level of writing: B1→B2; B2→C1 Ask questions: ‘Is this item necessary?’ ‘Is it clear?’ • Convert over-used items to more powerful, meaningful, deeper language • Integrate cohesion teaching continuously • Notice how cohesion works in different texts • Go beyond the ‘howevers’ and ‘moreovers’ when assessing student work • UCL portico with tree Bibliography •Biber, D., Johansson, S., Leech, G., Conrad, S., & Finegan, E. 1999. Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English. Harlow: Longman. • •Biber, D. 2006. Stance in spoken and written university registers. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 5(2) 97 – 116. • •Halliday, M.A.K. and Hasan, R. 1976. Cohesion in English. Harlow: Longman. • •Hunston, S. & Thompson, G. (Eds.). 2000. Evaluation in Text: authorial stance and the construction of discourse. Oxford: Oxford University Press • •Kafes, H. 2008, February 24. A corpus-based study on the use of nouns to construct stance by native and non-native academic writers of English. Paper presented at the 2008 Conference on Writing Research Across Borders, Santa Barbara, CA •