Coherence(连贯性)
连贯性是指句中的成分之间具有含乎逻辑的有机联系,全句所表述的思路清晰,使交际对方容易得到要领
Coherencemeansclearandreasonableconnectionbetweenparts
thetrainofthoughtsflowssmoothlyinalogicalsequenceinasentence,fromsentencetosentence,fromparagraphtoparagraphExample:Johnsawahandbaginafield
Hewalkedacrossthefieldandpickedupthehandbag
Hetookthehandbagtothepolicestationandhandeditinaslostproperty
Whenhehaddonethis,hewenthome
这个语篇做到了紧凑连贯
这是因为四个句子表达的意义联系紧密:通过重复(handbag)延续主题发展,第四句this的照应对象是一个句组,做到回应总结
通过代词指示做到语义连贯:第二、三、四句中的he与第一句的John发生了照应关系,第三句的it与第一、二句的handbag是词汇复现关系
Asentenceiscoherentwhenitswordsorpartsareproperlyconnectedandtheirrelationshipsunmistakablyclear
Itisnotcoherentifithas
confusingshiftsinpersonandnumber,orinvoice,tense,andmood
pronounswithambiguousreference,
faultyparallelconstructions,
danglingormisplaced