Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Payame Noor University ,Theran, Iran
2 Department of Linguistics,, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Cohesion is one of the fundamental components of every text. It is created through the juxtaposition of words and the establishment of semantic, grammatical and pragmatic relationships between sentences within the text. Within a functional linguistics framework, Halliday & Hassan (1976) suggested the category of cohesion and its subcategories, including grammatical & lexical cohesion. The present paper uses their theory to study the elements of grammatical cohesion in the short story, Modire Mdreseh (The School Principal). To this end, different samples from the text were analysed to explore the application of elements of grammatical coherence, including reference, ellipsis, substitution, and conjunctions. The results indicated that reference (69.9%) and conjunctions (25.1%) have the biggest roles and ellipsis (4.01%) and substitution (0.91%) have had the smallest roles in the cohesion of the text. The findings are in line with the stylistic characteristics of Jalal-e Al-e Ahmad in colloquial writing. Moreover, the results showed that the story Modire Madreseh is cohesive in terms of grammatical cohesion, and the writer has made proper use of references and conjunctions to maintain the relatedness of words and sentences. Using the elements of grammatical cohesion, Al-e Ahamad has been successful in attracting readers and making them keep reading.
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