Some of linguistic connectors: and, moreover, or, otherwise, but, so, if, as, before…etc
Four types of Conjunction
additive adversative causal temporal
Cohesion is achieved by cohesive ties. Some may call them cohesive devices. Cohesive ties are the forces that keep the text together in the original order and what we manipulate when we try to regain a text’s meaning after a recording of its sentences.
e.g.
To be able to see Nobody! And at that distance, too!
(additive)
All the figures were correct; they’d been checked. Yet the total
came out wrong.Leabharlann (adversative)
1)A: Have you any knives? I need a sharp one. B: I can get you several very sharp ones, but this is the best (one) I have.
(nominal substitution)
2) Bob says he is going to join the Labour Party. It will be interesting to see whether he does (do).