MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL

DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

Cohesion Activity
(a) Comment on the text below for its use of the following referential cohesive discourse feature personal reference (anaphoric or cataphoric) demonstrative reference conjunction ellipsis and substitution collocation

M. Ballon ascended the stairs to bed. In his room he first tested the steel shutters, then the lock of the door. Then he went across to the bed where his wife was already asleep and examined the mosquito curtains. He squirted a little lit round the windows and door, sprayed his throat with antiseptic and rapidly di!ested himself of all except his cummerbund. He slipped on his py"amas, examined the ma#a$ine of his re!ol!er and laid it on the chair at his bedside% next to it he placed his watch, electric torch and a bottle of &ittel. He slipped another re!ol!er under his pillow. He tiptoed to the window and called down softly' (er#eant). There was a click of heels in the darkness. *+xcellence). *Is all well,) *-ll well. +xcellence). M. Ballon mo!ed softly across to the electric switches, and before extin#uishin# the main lamp switched on a small electric ni#ht.li#ht, which shed a faint blue radiance throu#hout the room. Then he cautiously lifted the mosquito curtain, flashed his torch round to make sure that there were no insects there, and finally, with a little #runt, lay down to sleep. Before losin# consciousness his hand felt, found and #rasped a small cur!ed nut which he kept under his bolster in the belief that it would brin# him #ood luck. Black Mischief, Evelyn Waugh ( !"#) from Chapter #$ %eprinted by permission of the &eters 'raser ( )unlop *roup +td