The importance of Accurate Cohesion and Coherence in the Text

Abstract

This paper outlines a general and practical overview of the importance of cohesion and coherence in the Text. Text linguistic studies and defines cohesion and coherence as crucial elements for the Text. Without these a Text would suffer for continuity and clarity and can not be called a text. In our everyday life people communicate with each other through different ways. In every speech, every communication we take a message which is given through text. What would happen if there is a lack of cohesion and coherence? In this paper we will present some different point of views, definitions and research studies of these terms. Cohesion and coherence will be treated from their role in written text. From the practical point of view different Texts are taken as examples to show their importance of understanding on the part of the reader. Frequently foreign language students may face problems of understanding and decoding a text if it is not clear and lacks the accuracy of cohesion and coherence. A foreign language text may have one element but may miss the other one, for this reason it may loose the concept of communication. Apart from a clear understanding of the differences between these two elements Italian students should be provided with text templates to help them write essays, or different types of written text (argumentative, persuasive, informative est.). The article ends with a conclusion and discussion of the role that cohesion and coherence play in texts and research studies on how to deal with cohesion and coherence in writing.