Saturday, April 3, 2010

Table of Contents for Cohesion Marker List; Fuctional Headings for the List

A Table of Contents for the Cohesion Marker List, Provided Elsewhere

In the actual list of cohesion markers to which this functional indicator list given below refers, the headings appear in bold type. The list of headings below do not. They are only very basic ones, that is, reduced in size from the originals, being succinctly stated here. The actual headings that the ones given below refer to are thus more detailed and involved in nature. For more detail, see the functional headings in the table of 300 cohesion markers appearing in the blog entry posted after this one. The list provided below is intended for overview and quick-referral purposes only. For the exact functions used to categorize cohesion markers, see the original blog entry entitled List of 300 Cohesion Markers.

declaring a possibility

reviewing extreme possibilities;

giving/introducing similarities

for giving examples

stating an approximation

giving the essence of a matter; stating something concisely
(Also see summary and conclusion.)

announcing a discovery; giving new discovery; giving new also
surprise.)

for attributing/ showing the authorship/ origin(s) of a matter; to
declare a source/sources

communicating the degree of importance of a matter

providing clari fication by being more precise or specific;
focusing on details; looking more minutely after giving a
statement, point, issue or opinion

describing something's nature/character

being concise/succinct (also see essence and summarizing)

stating time limits; period specification; temporal boundaries

stating a necessity/ nonalternative; for matters required

showing reoccurance (not necessarily related to matters of time)

declaring exceptions

indicating a contingency

declaring or indicating a matter with deliberate imprecision for
tact; subtleness

showing regret; indicating misgivings or disappointment

showing harmony exists in a matter; indicating agreement;

including more of something, or showing something else in
increased degree

adding a diverse or additional choices or showing an alternative
exists

showing correlation; agreement;

showing simultaneousness/ indicating cooccurrence in time or
in space

showing connection; indicating relatedness or that a matter is
relative

indicating a contrast; declaring opposites;

for showing differences or opposition exists

declaring intent/motive/ stated purpose/goal

declaring a cause/ purpose/ function/ reason

declaring a result; mentioning the consequences of something

asserting a matter despite/in spite of anything to the contrary;
stating anyway; anyhow

making additions of any type; adding similar matters or restating
any idea(s) (Also see correlation.)

making unexpected additions ; adding unexpected material;(also
see surprise)

stepwise incrementing or showing next step in progress of ideas

presenting things in a numerical order/ listing items
sequentially; setting up an order of expectation

for nonspecific ordering/comparative ranking; listing
nonnumerically

in summary; distilled in thought (Also, see succinctness and
summarizing.)

introducing a conclusion

for summarization purposes

stating absoluteness/ definiteness; extablishing the certainty of
something; inflexibility

expressing a matter with brashness; showing confidence

reaffirmation; (also see despite); reinforcement of an idea, point,
or theme when there is some room for doubt

reinforcing/bolstering statements through repeating/restating
them; also, reassuring an audience and showing confidence

stating obviousness;

indicating matters are apparent/evident

stating matters are nonapparent; saying that an matter is
currently uncertain or an unresolved issue

showing surprise; indicating a matter is unexpected

showing nonsurprise/ something is as expected/predictable

indicating a degree of familiarily/believeability; showing matter
is commonly known to at least some people

indicating a matter/ statement/ is controversial

introducing opinions; signalling that a statement is subjective/
only an opinion

recommending/ giving advice/suggestions

for minimal assertion; for understatement

giving reinforcement; endings /rephrasing for purposes of
emphasis

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