which is normal not simply “linguistic” knowledge, but something in themselves. In short, coherence has connection with the aspects of form and formal language.
2.2.4.1 Lexical Cohesion
Lexical cohesion is the cohesion effect achieved by the selection of the vocabulary. On the borderline between grammatical and lexical cohesion is the
cohesive function of the class of general noun. Lexical cohesion has two types, namely reiteration and collocation.
Reiteration is a form of lexical cohesion which involves the repetition of a lexical items, the use of general word to refer back to a lexical item, and a number of
things in the use of synonym, near synonym, or super-ordinate in the context of referent, that is, where the two occurrences have the same referent.
The instances of reiteration may be: a The same word,
b Synonym or near synonym, c Super-ordinate, or
d General word. For examples:
There is a boy climbing that high tree: a
The boy’s going to fall if he doesn’t take care. b
The lad’s going to fall if he doesn’t take care. c
The child’s going to fall if he doesn’t take care. d
The idiot’s going to fall if he doesn’t take care.
From the examples above, it can be concluded that:
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In a the word “boy” is repeated. There is repetition. In b the reiteration takes the form of synonym namely “lad”.
In c the superordinate of boy, that is, ”child.” In d of a general word “idiot.”
However, not all general word are used cohesively, in fact only the nouns are. A general word is cohesively only when in the context of references, i.e. when it is
accompanied by a reference item. Then collocation. Every lexical item may enter into a cohesive device. But by
itself, it carries no indication wheter it is functioning cohesively or not. That can be established only by reference to the text.
Collocation take places through occurrence of a different lexical items that is systematically related to the first one, as a synonym or super-ordinate of it. We can
therefore extend the basis of the lexical relationship that features as a cohesive force and say that there is cohesion between any pair of lexical items which stand to each
other in same recognizable lexicosemantic word meaning relation. For examples:
Synonym or near synonym sick … ill
Super-ordinate rose … flower
Pair of opposites of complementary dead … alive
Antonym high … low.
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