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Unit 3: Lexical Cohesion Contents 1.0 Introduction 2.0
Unit Objectives 3.0 Main Content
3.1 What is Lexical Cohesion
3.2 Reiteration
3.3
Synonymy 3.4 Antonymy
3.5 Hyponymy
Self-assessment Exercises
3.2 Meronymy
3.3
Collocation 4.0 Conclusion
5.0 Summary
6.0 Tutor-marked Assignment
7.0 References/Further Reading
1.0 Introduction This Unit is a continuation of what we started in Unit 11. In Unit 1, we started looking at the idea of a text and the properties of a text. You learnt about the textuality, which is what makes a text not just a random collection of sentences, but a collection of related ideas and, which has meaning as a whole. The two most important properties of a text we examined are cohesion and coherence. In Unit 12, we looked at the five grammatical cohesive devices.
In this Unit, we shall be looking at the lexical cohesive devices, which are six in number.
2.0 Unit Objectives Since this Unit is all about lexical devices used for achieving cohesion,
by the end of it, you should be able to do the following
• explain clearly what is meant by the term lexical cohesion
• make a clear distinction between grammatical and lexical cohesion
• identify any instance of lexical cohesion
in a written or spoke text • analyze a text to bring out and explain the lexical cohesive devices
