A comparative analysis of cohesion in academic and newspaper texts

This article presents findings on a comparative analysis of cohesion in academic and newspaper texts on road traffic accidents. Cohesive devices are the surface structure features that link different parts of a text and make it flow logically. They are the necessary reins that hold the clauses of a text together. Coherence, on the other hand, is the property by which the textual world is relevant, accessible and acceptable to the reader. Thus the text hangs together and makes meaning, as it is easily read and understood.Journal of Language, Technology and Entrepreneurship in Africa Vol. 1 (1) 2007 pp. 191-19