Titlebook: An Introduction to the Language of Literature; N. F. Blake Textbook 1990Latest edition Macmillan Publishers Limited 1990 cohesion.English

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Sentence Structure,the content in theme/rheme and topic/comment formats; and the wider organisation of each sentence into declarative, interrogative or imperative patterns. Each of these needs a brief explanation before we proceed to the analysis of particular texts.

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Introduction,nto perspective one needs to consider it historically. In classical times the language of literature is encompassed in the concept of rhetoric. Originating in Greece as the art of composing a discourse for the law courts, it gradually came to embrace all linguistic expression, including literature.

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Sentence Structure,ace to start is with syntax since this leads straight to the heart of a text by exposing its structure. This type of approach should give further leads to follow in the analysis. The structure may be looked at in three ways: the clause elements which go to make up each sentence; the presentation of

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Group Structure: The Other Groups,epositional groups which realise the functions of predicator and adjunct respectively. That the noun group carries more weight in sentence structure can be readily appreciated from the stress pattern of poetry. It is difficult to imagine a noun acting as the head of a noun group which does not carry

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Vocabulary,m which meaning springs. Writers themselves often present their composition as a struggle with words. Words are not, however, quite so easy to deal with as syntax because each word has a particular history and each has to be taken on its own terms. Nevertheless, it is possible to offer some general

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Cohesion, coherent sequence of meaning within a text. Cohesion is a more visible means of providing the same way of linking utterances together so that they can be seen to belong to a single text. One needs only quote a straightforward example to make this clear. Consider the following two sentences: