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of talking about
the relations between texts, which may or may not be indicated
by formal markers of cohesion. Beaugrande/Dressler define coherence as a
“continuity of senses” and “the mutual access
and relevance within a
configuration of concepts and relations” . Coherence, as a sub-surface feature of a
text, concerns the ways in which the meanings within a text (concepts, relations
among them and their relations to the external world) are established and
developed. Some of the major relations of coherence are
logical sequences, such
as cause-consequence (
and so
), condition-consequence (
if
), instrument-
achievement (
by
), contrast (
however
), compatibility (
and
), etc. Moreover, it is the
general ´aboutness´, i.e., the
topic
development
which provides a text with
necessary integrity; even in the absence of overt links,
a text may be perceived as
coherent (i.e., as making sense), as in various lists, charts, timetables, menus.
Coherence is present when a text makes sense because there is a continuity
of senses which holds a text together – it has to be semantically and logically OK.
George entered the room. He saw Mary cleaning the table.
John fell and broke his neck. (?) John broke his neck and fell.
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