Cohesive conjunctions in English and German: systemic contrasts and textual differences
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Abstract
The present paper contrasts strategies of cohesive conjunction in English and German system and text. We clarify the notion of cohesive conjunction by discussing conceptualizations in the literature and by comparing cohesive conjunctions to other cohesive strategies. Using theory-informed methodologies we contrast the resources available in the two languages for explicitly establishing conjunctive relations of cohesion. Moreover, we discuss the first findings from our analysis of an English - German corpus of translations and originals, which reveal differences in the textual realizations in terms of frequencies and functions. Our study complements insights about other types of cohesion investigated in the frame of a larger research project.1