Contrastive analysis of phonological cohesion in Chinese and English discourses;

Starting from Halliday and Hasan s cohesion theory, this paper first discusses the concept of cohesion, the cohesive role of intonation in discourse and the place of phonological cohesion in discourse analysis, and then makes a tentative exploration of the resources of cohesion, arguing that phonological cohesion should be given due attention in discourse anlaysis.

Drawing on some of the progresses in the study of discourse cohesion, the article argues that phonological cohesion is very important and indispenable in both Chinese and English discourses.

Different language has different cohesive devices.

The aim of the research is to investigate whether any relations exist between cohesive devices and the quality of writings by advanced College English majors.

The cohesive device of a text plays a key role in the presentation of the theme,and proper choice of the cohesive devices can make the theme clear and vivid and the structure of the text coherent.