A Review of Halliday and Hassan’s Cohesion and Coherence Model in English Texts

Cohesion is an important aspect for creating meaning within text. In order to create links between different parts of a sentence, different sentences or different parts of a discourse, there must be text-forming devices or cohesion (Halliday and Hasan, ١٩٧٦). Cohesiveness in text creates texture and texture is due to the semantic ties that exist between clauses and sentences. The purpose of this review paper is to discuss Halliday and Hassan’s model of translation quality assessment for those who are beginning their studies in this field or whose knowledge of translation studies is tangential. It attempts to explore cohesion in English's content, highlight its influence on English language teaching, and investigate its impact on developing further works on cohesion.

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Cohesion , Cohesion devices , Halliday and Hassan’s model , English texts