LOGICAL Professor Flávia

Cunha
CONNECTORS 2014.1
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COHERENCE:
Ideas arranged logically. The ideas and
sentences are in an order that makes
sense to the reader.
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COHESION:
In order to read a paragraph easily, it
must have a smooth flow. Smooth flow
means that one sentence leads easily
into the next sentences.
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LOGICAL CONNECTORS:
There are lexical expressions that serve to specify
the relationships among sentences in discourse.
These lexical expressions are often called logical
connectors, and they chiefly include:

a)Coordinating conjunctions
b)Conjunctive adverbs
c)Subordinating conjunctions
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COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS:
The coordinating conjunctions are FOR, AND, NOR,
BUT, OR, YET, SO (FANBOYS). These conjunctions
have the name coordinating, which means that they
connect structures that are the same (they are
equivalent or of the same rank).
CORRELATIVES are conjunctions with two parts.
The most common correlatives are the following:
neither… nor, not only… but also…, either …
or, both… and
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CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS:
Like the coordinating conjunctions, these
adverbials also join complete sentences
(independent clauses) and express a logical
relationship between the ideas in a sentence.
Conjunctive adverbials are frequently
classified according to broad discourse-
functional criteria. They are:
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Additive: in addition, moreover, furthermore,
besides, also
Adversative: however, nevertheless, despite this,
in contrast, on the other hand, still, instead, on the
contrary
Causal: therefore, consequently, for that reason,
thus (general cause); then, in that case, otherwise
(cause conditional)
Sequential: then, next, first, second, last, finally,
up to now, to sum up
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SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS:
subordinating conjunctions connect
independent clauses to dependent
clauses. The subordinators can be
grouped according to the type of
relationship they express:
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Time: after, before, as soon as, as long as, when(ever),
since, until, while
Location (place): where, wherever
Manner: as, in that
Purpose: so that, in order that
Reason: since, because, as, now that
Result: so that
Concession: although, even though, though, while
Condition: if, even if, as long as, in case, provided that