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4.5. The Conjunctive Recticulum of the Writings
The use of conjunctive recticulum, as suggested by Martin 1992 in Eggins 1994: 108, is to present:
1. what kind of logical relations structure the text elaboration, extension, or
enhancement 2.
whether the logical relations derive from an external or an internal organization of the text
Text 1
Internal external
Lexical item
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 extending
and then 8 enhancing After that
9 10
11 12
13 14 enhancing because
15 16 elaborating From my ……
17 18 enhancing and because
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Text 2
Internal external
Lexical item
1 2
3 4
5 enhancing In the end of …..
6 7
8 9
enhancing Then 10
11 enhancing After …… 12
enhancing because
13 14
15 16
17 enhancing
because. 18
19 20
21 22
23 24 enhancing
Then
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Text 3
Internal external
Lexical item
1 2
enhancing because
3 enhancing
because 4 extending
However 5
6 enhancing Then
enhancing because
7 8
9 enhancing Finally
10 enhancing In the first time
11 extending But
12 extending
so that 13
extending so that
extending and
14 exteinding Besides
15
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Text 4
Internal external
Lexical item
1 2 enhancing
At that time, 3
4 5 enhancing
After ….. 6
7 8 extending
Suddenly 9
10 11
extending Fortunately
12 enhancing Then
13 14
15 16
17 18
19 enhancing Since that
20
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Text 5
Internal external
Lexical item
1 2
3 4
5 enhancing
First of all 6
extending But
7 enhancing
Because 8
9 10
11
12 enhancing After that
13 14
Because 15 enhancing
Then 16 extending
But 17 enhancing
Because 18 enhancing
Next 19
20 21
22 extending Due to the fact
23 extending Moreover
24 extending And
yet 25
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Text 6
Internal external
Lexical item
1 2 enhancing
Because 3
4 5
6
enhancing because
7 8
9 10
11 12
13 14
15 16
17 18 extending
Fortunately 19 extending
So 20 enhancing
After ….. 21
22 23
24 25
26 extending
Suddenly, 27
28 29
30
31 32 extending
But 33
34 extending But now
35
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Text 7
Internal external
Lexical item
1 2
enhancing Initially,
3 extending
Suddenly, 4
enhancing At the end,.
5 6
enhancing because
7 extending
In addition,
8 9
enhancing The day before,
10 enhancing
And the next day, 11
12 enhancing
After enhancing
then 13
enhancing Before
14 15
16 17
18 enhancing
at the end. 19
20 21
22 enhancing
The next day 23
enhancing Until
now
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Text 8
Internal external
Lexical item
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 enhancing
And finally, 8
9 10
11 enhancing
Then, 12 enhancing
suddenly 13
enhancing because.
14 enhancing
Then, 15
16 17
18 enhancing
Then 19
20 extending
Suddenly, 21
22 23
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Text 9
Internal external
Lexical item
1 2
3 4
5 extending
So 6
enhancing Finally
7 8
enhancing Then
9 10
enhancing Then
11 12 extending
But 13
14 15
enhancing Next day
16 enhancing Then
17 enhancing
Finally
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Text 10
Internal external
Lexical item
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10
11 12
enhancing After that
13 enhancing
Then 14
15 16
17 18
19 20
21 extending
and 22
enhancing Then
23 enhancing because
24 enhancing and
then 25
26 27
28 enhancing
because 29
30
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Text 11
Internal external
Lexical item
1 2
extending But
3 4
5 extending
Nevertheless, 6
enhancing On the other days
7 enhancing
For a while enhancing
because 8
9 extending
But 10
extending So
11 extending
But 12
13 extending
and 14
extending So
15 enhancing
because 16
enhancing Until now
4.6. The Lexical Cohesive Chain of the Students’ Writings