The Role of Parentheses in Text Cohesion

Abstract

The present article attempts to analyze the role of parentheses in the text in order to demonstrate the real functions of these language units. Being analyzed within the sentence, they seem to be easily avoided, replaced without deteriorating the structure of the sentence. Only within the text boundaries parentheses act as important markers of the relations of motivations between parts of the text contributing to text cohesion. They can unite in one communication discourse closely and distantly located blocks of texts, creating an orderly structure of the text, systematizing the ideas in logical chains, introducing more clarity to the information intended by the writer.

Cuvinte-cheie: analiză, rol, paranteze, text, funcţie, limbă, unitate

REZUMAT

În articol, se face o încercare de a cerceta cuvintele incidente englezeşti din perspectivă textuală. De obicei, în lingvistica engleză, cuvintele în cauză sunt concepute doar drept unităţi auxiliare ale propoziţiei. Luate însă din perspectiva textului, aceste unităţi se prezintă ca parametri ai coeziunii acestuia, deoarece motivează alte unităţi structurale ale textului, unindu-le într-un tot întreg logic şi contribuind astfel la transpunerea intenţiei autorului textului.

LANGUAGE OF PUBLICATION

English (main text and corpus)

UDC: 811.111`367.2

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Received: March 8, 2011 | Reviewed: March 19, 2011 | Accepted for publication: March 25, 2011

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