Publications

Publication details [#10470]

Aziz, Yowell Y. 1988. Cohesion in spoken Arabic texts. In Steiner, Erich and Robert Veltman, eds. Pragmatics, discourse and text: Some systematically inspired approaches. Pinter. pp. 148–157.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

cohesion | narrative | spoken language | text linking device

Language as a subject

Arabic

Annotation

Based on the insights and methods developed by Halliday & Hasan, a study of cohesion in Arabic oral narrative text is undertaken. Eight main types of cohesion-establishing devices are distinguished.