Maria Viera-Williams, EDCI 690/RDG 692 Spring 2013
Supplemental notes: Where to find Cohesion in English, 1976, by M.A.K. Halliday.
Halliday, M.A.K. and Hasan, Ruqaiya. 1976. Cohesion in English. Essex, UK: Longman Group.
New cover
Original 1976 cover
Excerpt from Cohesion in English available on Amazon.
Excerpt link: Cohesion in English (English Language Series)(Paperback)
http://www.amazon.com/Cohesion-English-Language-KHalliday/dp/0582550416/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1365301922&sr=18&keywords=mak+halliday#reader_0582550416
Publication Date: July 1976 | ISBN-10: 0582550416 | ISBN-13: 978-0582550414
Cohesion in English is concerned with a relatively neglected part of the linguistic system: its
resources for text construction, the range of meanings that are specifically associated with
relating what is being spoken or written to its semantic environment. A principal component of
these resources is 'cohesion'. This book studies the cohesion that arises from semantic relations
between sentences. Reference from one to the other, repetition of word meanings, the
conjunctive force of but, so, then and the like are considered. Further, it describes a method for
analysing and coding sentences, which is applied to specimen texts.
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Cohesion in English, 1976, is a classic in the field of linguistics and the study of meaning
in the English language. Text may be oral or written, and found in various genres: plays,
poems, speeches, utterance, etc. As Halliday explains, “Cohesion is a semantic relation
that is realized through a lexico-grammatical system. Some forms of cohesion are
realized through grammar and others through vocabulary.” (Introduction, 6)
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I suggest that interested students view the Cohesion text excerpt’s table of contents,
introductory pages 1-6, and the back cover comment from linguist Randolph Quirk.
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Maria Viera-Williams, EDCI 690/RDG 692 Spring 2013
Supplemental notes: Where to find Cohesion in English, 1976, by M.A.K. Halliday.
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Randolph Quirk, a famous linguist during MAK Halliday’s time, co-wrote a seminal
book on English grammar, A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. See
bibliographical note below:
Quirk, Randolph; Greenbaum, Sidney; Leech, Geoffrey; Svartvik, Jan (1985). A
comprehensive grammar of the English language. Harlow: Longman. Pp. 1779.
ISBN: 0-582-51734-6.
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M. Viera-Williams, Spring 2013
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