Connector
المؤلف:
Bronwen Martin and Felizitas Ringham
المصدر:
Dictionary of Semiotics
الجزء والصفحة:
P42
2025-05-20
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Connector
A connector is a link word (or a group of words) that binds the parts of a text together thus signalling (i.e. rendering explicit) a logical relationship. It constitutes a key device, therefore, in the creation of textual cohesion.
Connectors may take the form of individual words ('then', 'but'), set phrases and expressions ('as a result', 'the reason is') and conjunctions ('when', 'after'). According to Halliday and Hasan (1976), there are four main groups of connectors (or four types of logical relationship):
Temporal connectors, e.g. 'first of all', 'then', 'next', 'before', 'after', 'immediately'.
These express a temporal connection or relationship between parts of the text.
Causal connectors, e.g. 'because', 'in order to', 'therefore', 'so', 'as a result', consequently', 'the reason is'.
These establish a causal connection, i.e. a relationship of cause and effect between parts of the text.
Adversative connectors, e.g. 'however', 'but', 'nevertheless', 'in spite of, 'on the other hand', 'yet', 'whereas', 'although'.
These connectors indicate that what follows is in some sense opposed to, or contrasted with, what has gone before.
Additive connectors, e.g. 'and', 'also', 'in addition', 'moreover'.
The connector here expresses a relationship of addition (or variation) between parts of the text.
See also cohesion and conjunction.
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