HOMEWORK

1. Please identify the grammatical cohesive devices used in the following pieces of
discourse:

a. Tom has created the best web directory. I told you so long time ago.
I told you( that he created)- verbal ellipsis

b. The old woman took her by the wrist. […] She was a very ugly old woman, with red rims
round her eyes, and a mouth that mumbled and chattered of itself when she was not
speaking. She was miserably dressed. […] She seemed to have followed Florence, for she
had lost her breath. (Dombey)

c. A: I like the green hat. B: I prefer the blue.

The blue- nominal substitution

d. Harvey is good at making oral presentations, because he took a training program in

presentations last year.
Because- extension conjuction

e. Moreover, the chocolate fountains are not just regular fountains, they are more like rivers
full of chocolate and sweets.
More like rivers – reference/ comparative devices

f. the man we’ve all been waiting for, the one and only– Mr Sanders
the one and only- nominal substitution

g. A: Have you been working? B: Yes, I have.

I have( been working)- verbal ellipsis

h. Tom: How do you like my new Mercedes Vito? Marry: It is a nice van, which I'm also
thinking of buying.
It-personal reference

i. He bought her perfume at a local perfume shop and afterwards moved towards a jewelry store

. j. Jules has a birthday next month. Elspeth has one too.

One- nominal substitution

k. For the first time, you can display Help and work on your document at the same time. For
example, you could display and read the procedure for creating a glossary entry at the same time
you create one in your document.
One- nominal substitution

l. Harvey is good at making oral presentations, but he is terrible with written reports.
But- extension conjuction

m. The ham sandwich is sitting at table 20.

n. As narrowly confined to the privileged classes as these were, the English parties none the less
represented different factions and tendencies.
These- demonstrative reference

o. Look at that!
That- demonstrative reference

p. Harvey is good at making oral presentations and he also writes very well.
And also- extension conjuction

q. Do you have the minutes?

Clausal ellipsis

r. I told someone to feed the cat. Has it been done?

Has it been done-verbal substitution

q. Harvey is good at making oral presentations, so the boss always asks him to do them when we
have foreign clients.
So-enhacement ellipsis

r. Go to the market. Wait for me there.

There- demonstrative reference

s. Jane looks the same as her elder sister.

The same as- reference/comparative devices

t. Jimmy doesn’t want to go home, instead, he’d go to see a movie.

Instead-elaboration ellipsis

u. Marry: Go home. John: I will(go).

Will(go)- verbal ellipsis
v. I’m found of chocolate, in particular dark one.
One-nominal substitution

w. S1 yes please
S2 can I have these two like that
S1 yes
S1 one’s forty-five
S1 one’s twenty-five
S2 and have you got … the new one of these
S1 yes S1 how many would you like?
S2 four please
S1 uhum
S1 right … that is a dollar seventy thank you
S2 thank you
These, that- reference/ demonstrative reference
New one-nominal substitution