The author and series editors
Foreword
PART ONE
Introduction:questions that need answering
Chapter 1 Questions about cohesion
1.1 The aim of this book
1.2 The nature of cohesion
1.3 Questions concerning the place of cohesion
Question 2:cohesion and sentence relationships
Question 3:cohesion and text organization
1.4 Work relevant to the questions
Hasan(1984)
Winter(1974,1979)
Phillips(1985)
1.5 A way forward
Chapter 2 A metaphor for text organization
2.2 The aim of this chapter
2.2 Sentence as a metaphor for text
2.3 An alternative metaphor
2.4 A simple example
The repetition links:sentence 1
The repetition links:sentence 2
The repetition links:sentence 3
The repetition links:sentence 4
2.5 A representation of the repetition patterning
2.6 Unwanted cohesion
2.7 Interpretation of the patterning:central and marginal sentences
2.8 Interpretation of the patterning:common ground between sentences
2.9 Conclusions
PART TWO
Answers from text analysis
Chapter 3 Types of repetition
3.1 The aim of this chapter
3.2 Repetition as links
3.3 Simple lexical repetition
3.4 Complex lexical repetition
3.5 Text-forming versus‘chance’lexical repetition
3.6 Simple paraphrase
3.7 Complex paraphrase and the link triangle
3.8 Superordinate,hyponymic,and co-reference repetition
3.9 Other ways of repeating
Personal pronouns
Demonstrative pronouns and modifiers
Other substitution links
3.10 A last look at the‘collection of texts’metaphor
Chapter 4 Patterns of repetition in non-narrative text
4.1 The aim of this chapter
4.2 The data
4.3 Identification of repetition links
4.4 Construction of a repetition matrix
4.5 Creation of a net of bonds
4.6 An extension to the data
4.7 Conclusions
Chapter 5 The significance of repetition nets
5.1 The aim of this chapter
5.2 The removal of certain features of cohesion
5.3 The net as record of bonding
5.4 Marginal sentences
Sentences 5,9,and 10
Sentence 18
Sentence 27
Sentences 30 and 31
Sentence 13
Abridgement:procedure 1(marginal sentences)
5.5 Central sentences
Abridgement:procedure 2(central sentences)
5.6 Topic opening and topic closing
Clear topic-opening sentences
Clear topic-closing sentences
Other topic openings and closings
5.7 Conclusions
Chapter 6 Properties of the bonds of the nets
Chapter 7 How the links work
PART THREE
Implications for theory and practice
Chapter 8 Implications for a theory of language
Chapter 9 Implications for reading and writing
Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix III
Appendix IV
Appendix V
Bibliography
Glossary
Notes
Index