SIL Philippines

Studies in Philippine Linguistics Volume 8 No. 2 - 1991

Discourse approaches to cohesion: 
A study of the structure and unity of a Central Bontoc expository text.

Benn, Keith Laurence

Fe T. Otanes and Hazel Wrigglesworth, series eds.

ISSN 0116-0516     ISBN 971-1059-18-5    204 pp.

Contents

  • Illustrations xii.
  • Abbreviations and symbols xiv.
  • Acknowledgments xv.
  • Introduction 1.
  • The world of the discourse, segmentation, and paragraphs 12.
  • Spectrum, transitivity, and profile 45.
  • Sequential cohesion 82.
  • Effectiveness 112.
  • Conclusion 154.
    • Appendix 1 The Innana text, with English translation 156.
    • Appendix 2 Cohesion in pairs of adjacent sentences of the Innana text 164.
    • Appendix 3 The -phoric relations 199.
    • Appendix 4 On the given/new distinction 200.
    • Appendix 5 Central Bontoc pronouns 201.
    • Appendix 6 A tentative display of Central Bontoc demonstratives 202.
    • Appendix 7 The Innana rituals by Helen Fomerwey 202.
    • References 203.