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Aspects of Cohesion in Monologue
University of Liverpool
The demands placed on native and non-native speakers in understanding and creating coherent monologue are well-recognized. In order to achieve a coherent interpretation of monologue, the listener must be able to interpret the semantic relations lying beneath the surface text. The speaker of a monologue is therefore primarily responsible for making these meaning networks transparent to the listener. This paper analyses twenty different monologues and examines the interrelating roles which clause relations, lexico-grammatical cohesion, and intonation choices play in creating cohesive monologue. It is argued that these linguistic resources can be exploited by the speaker to signal explicitly the underlying network of concepts in the monologue, thus helping the listener to make a coherent interpretation of the text.