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Assignment One
Question:
Using ONE framework of analysis, provide a linguistic description of a short text or transcription (no more than 500 words) of your choice. You should focus on ONE level of linguistic analysis (such as phonology, morphology, text linguistics, and so on).
(Word count = 3173, not inclusive of references and data appendix)

Introduction
Here I intend to examine how far a clause relational framework can provide a description of how cohesion and coherence can be revealed within texts. To illustrate this I have chosen as my data a short article from the ‘Country Briefings’ section of Economist magazine entitled “Where is everybody?” (25th November 2004). While the clause-relational approach was originally set out by the writers Eugene Winter and Michael Hoey in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s (McCarthy 1991:29), I have examined later works by these authors, but more directly Michael Hoey, as the framework from which I draw my analysis (Winter 1994 and Hoey 1991, 1994 & 2001). More specifically I focus here on the “Problem-Solution” element of the framework with reference to cohesion and coherence. As a rhetorical structure theory, the framework has been summed up by others as revealing ‘Background-Problem-Solution-Evaluation’ (BPSE) patterns in texts ( Salkie 1995:91). Here however I use the description SPRE; ‘Situation-Problem-Response-Evaluation’. In my analysis I begin with larger structures in the linguistic hierarchy and move towards more detailed elements.

Q:  Why are addresses such a complex problem?
A:  There is a lack of no single reliable list of addresses to draw on
Q:  Why is this the case?
A:  The problem exists at many levels including poor data, local government
      inefficiency and Royal mail practices.
Q:  What can be done about this?
A:  A single comprehensive up-to-date list needs to be created
Q:  How successful would this be?
A:  It  remains a limited solution as a whole range of new underlying
      problems emerge

Segments in sentences and clauses      

Further semantic signalling devices between lexical items                                                                                        

Co-references and cohesion

Conclusion

I have shown here how a clause relational framework provides a useful comprehensive model of how cohesion and coherence operates between larger and more detailed patterns of text. From the data it is apparent that various elements of Situations, Problems, Responses and Evaluations can be encapsulated in phrases clauses, sentences and whole paragraphs. In addition cohesion and coherence has been shown to have been strengthened by lexical patterns signalled across the text. However within my examination of these patterns, I have raised the importance of the need to include the discussion of theme and rheme in c本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。