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Cohésion et cohérence.  Etudes de linguistique textuelle

Cohésion et cohérence. Etudes de linguistique textuelle

Edited by Anna Jaubert

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Cohésion et cohérence. Études de linguistique textuelle

The twin concepts of cohesion and coherence have, for a long time, crystallised the key issues of text linguistics. By illustrating the way in which these notions work and are articulated, we put under the spotlight this field which makes textual linguistics a recognisable discipline between pure syntax and discourse analysis.
Illustrated by analysed examples, this volume, which represents the result of collective and multidisciplinary reflection by the Linguistics and text pragmatics research team (UMR 6039, CNRS and the University of Nice), aims to identify some landmark work in this field.
The notions of cohesion and coherence are actually not clear cut. But rather than simply adding to the already plentiful theoretical debate on the issue, the authors deliberately chose to look at texts. By reflecting on observable facts in
existing texts, embodied by a language at a given time and conditioned by their generic codes, they sought to establish the relevance of the distinction between the concepts, and of their hierarchy.
By looking at textualisation from the local level to the global level, they were able to select particularly significant points and offer the reader real practical work in textual linguistics.