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AnalysisoftextualCohesioninNewsReport
作者：刘盛兰
来源：《校园英语·下旬》2014年第12期
【Abstract】Cohesion embodies the non-structural resources in English discourse and indicates the latent continuity existing in the text.On the basis of cohesion theory，this paper analyzes textual cohesion of the selected news reports form BBC website，in order to explore the way of structuring the text and realizing the meaning of the text.
【Key words】textual cohesion，news report
1.Introduction
According to Halliday，Cohesion refers to the non-structural resources for discourse[1].It indicates the relations of meaning existing within the text [2].The target text is a news report selected from BBC website.By analyzing textual cohesion of the text，the paper tends to explore the mechanism for how text is structured and how cohesive elements function to realize the meaning of the text.
2.Textual cohesion in selected news report
2.1 Conjunction
Conjunction shows the logical relationships and sequences existing between different segments of the article[3].There are three types of conjunctive relations： elaboration，extension and enhancement[4].In the selected text：
[Line 9]It added：“By 2012 Oxford believes teachers will have two years of ru nning the syllabus and（causal） will be familiar with content and student performance，and （causal）therefore （casual）be able to predict those getting the A* grade with more confidence.” （Extension）
It is worth noting that the same conjunction may categorize into different conjunction type under variable context.Take ‘and’ as an example，all the ‘and’ in the selected text except ‘and’ in line 9 belongs to elaboration category，indicating the apposition of two elements.However，in line 9，there is a sligh tly change of the usage of ‘and’，which means causal like ‘so’，‘consequence’.Since there will be two year for teachers to get prepared，it is probable that teacher will be familiar with teaching content and student’s performance.The varied meaning and detail ed usage of conjunctions largely depend on the contextual information.
2.2 Reference