Patterns of textual cohesion in medical textbook discourse in English and Arabic
This study attempts to bring together, in a systematic framework, various approaches to the study of medical texts. It is intended to offer the reader a comprehensive coverage of the various kinds of material which medical students may be expected to encounter at an advanced level. This study analyses the significance of certain aspects of cohesion in Arabic and English medical textbooks. It has three specific objectives: the first objective is to undertake a detailed review of approaches to the study of text with the intention, secondly, of designing categories appropriate to the analysis of the corpus. The lexical categories are: ~simple lexical repetition~, ~complex repetition~, ~partial repetition A and B~, ~synonyms~, ~near-synonyms~, ~part/whole~, ~inclusion as a coordinate, superordinate, or subordinate member (general/specific)~, ~opposition or contrast~, and finally ~collocation A and B~. The logical conjunction categories are: ~Additive~, ~Adversative~, ~Causal/Illative~, ~Enumeration~, and Illustrative/ Explanatory/Alternative~. The third objective, which forms the basis for the experimental work in the study is a comparison by means of the use of quantitative analysis of two aspects of cohesion
Al-Muhammad, Muhammad
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Patterns of textual cohesion in medical textbook discourse in English and Arabic. This study attempts to bring together, in a systematic framework, various approaches to the study of medical texts. It is intended to offer the reader a comprehensive coverage of the various kinds of material which medical students may be expected to encounter at an advanced level. This study analyses the significance of certain aspects of cohesion in Arabic and English medical textbooks. It has three specific objectives: the first objective is to undertake a detailed review of approaches to the study of text with the intention, secondly, of designing categories appropriate to the analysis of the corpus. The lexical categories are: ~simple lexical repetition~, ~complex repetition~, ~partial repetition A and B~, ~synonyms~, ~near-synonyms~, ~part/whole~, ~inclusion as a coordinate, superordinate, or subordinate member (general/specific)~, ~opposition or contrast~, and finally ~collocation A and B~. The logical conjunction categories are: ~Additive~, ~Adversative~, ~Causal/Illative~, ~Enumeration~, and Illustrative/ Explanatory/Alternative~. The third objective, which forms the basis for the experimental work in the study is a comparison by means of the use of quantitative analysis of two aspects of cohesion
patterns textual_cohesion medical textbook discourse english_arabic study_attempt bring_together systematic framework various_approach study medical_text intend_offer reader comprehensive coverage various_kind material medical_student may expect encounter advanced level study analysis significance certain_aspect cohesion arabic_english medical textbook specific_objective first objective undertake detail review approach study text intention secondly design category appropriate analysis corpus lexical_category simple lexical_repetition complex repetition partial repetition near part_whole inclusion coordinate subordinate member general specific opposition contrast finally collocation logical conjunction category additive causal illustrative explanatory alternative third objective forms basis experimental_work study comparison mean use_quantitative analysis two_aspect cohesion