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| 4.0.3 Causal Conjunction Causal relation expresses that something caused another to happen. It signifies, result, purpose or reason for the erstwhile proposition. It is signaled bywords such as so, hence, therefore, consequently, etc. Examples are seen in the following texts: 3.33.He lost his money, so he could not travel again. 3.34.She got late to school. Consequently, he was punished. 3.35.The Lord is my Shepherd, therefore, I shall not want 4.0.4 Temporal Conjunction Temporal Conjunction is a relation between two successive sentences in sequence of time. This could be sequential (then, next), simultaneous (simultaneously, at the same time), preceding (earlier, previously), immediate (at once, immediately), durative (meanwhile). Examples 12.36 I found the money on the grass. Then I reported to the police. 12.37 My father died in June last year. Earlier he had been in and out of the hospital. 12.38 He got the news of his shortlisting for the interview. Immediately, he started preparing for it. 12.39 I was busy planning for my wedding. Meanwhile, my mother-in-law was busy arranging for how my fiancé would travel to go and meet a boy she would prefer her to marry. 77 5.0 Tutor-marked Assignment Select a Nigerian newspaper editorial and discuss the different kinds of conjunction used to achieve cohesion in the editorial. 6.0 Conclusion Grammatical cohesion is one of aspects of cohesion important for signaling text connectedness. It includes the use of Reference items, such as pro-forms that serve the purpose of coreferentiality. It also includes the use of substitution, replacing a word with another, and ellipsis. Ellipsis is particularly interesting because it is a kind of substitution in which there is no explicit element. Identification is like Reference in the sense that a combination of determiner and noun refers to a nominal item/group. Conjunction is also the use of explicit conjunctive items to signal meaning relations between clauses that are related. It is important to be able to identify these devices discussed in any text and explain how they signal the connectedness of the text. It is also important to identify how Reference, Substitution and Identification differ from one another. 7.0 Summary In this Unit, we have examined the grammatical cohesive devices used in English to signal text connection. We examined five cohesive devices, namely Reference, Substitution, Ellipsis, Identification, and Conjunction. We also gave adequate examples to illustrate these different categories and subcategories of grammatical cohesive devices. We expect that you will be able to produce your own examples and identify instances of these devices when you come across them in any written or spoken text. Download 0.49 Mb. Share with your friends:
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