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Suprasentential terminology - Coggle Diagram
Suprasentential terminology
Register
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-field
-tenor
-mode
-significance
Set of terms
Theme and Rheme
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-theme
-rheme
-function
Genre
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Given/New Information
-given
-new
-use
Cohesion
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reference
ellipsis
substitution
conjunction
lexical cohesion
Focusing on the larger discourse or text level
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Backrounding and Foregrounding
"Yesterday I went to the market. It has lots of fruit that I like. I bought several different kinds of apples."
"Yesterday I went to the market." = Foreground (main action)
"It has lots of fruit that I like." = Background (present tense, description)
"I bought several kinds of apples." = Foreground (story continues)