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Original research DOES THE PERCEIVED COHERENCE OF A DISCOURSE HINGE ON THE EXPLICIT REALIZATION OF COHESIVE TIES?Pages 197-204 Abstract
This paper addresses the long-standing debate in linguistics about the relationship between cohesion and coherence, by elaborating on both concepts as well as their unique role in discourse. The current discussion focuses on their principal meanings and interrelatedness as features of a discourse. It begins by defining both concepts and examining their theoretical foundations, contrasting perspectives that treat them as interdependent with those that argue for their autonomy. Drawing on adapted textual examples, the paper offers an empirical investigation into how cohesion and coherence can co-occur, diverge, or compensate for one another in creating meaningful discourse. The empirical analysis is qualitative, utilizing a set of carefully designed and modified textual examples that isolate and vary the presence or absence of cohesion and coherence. The findings demonstrate that while cohesive devices can support coherence, coherence itself is primarily a cognitive construct and a prerequisite for achieving "textness", namely, the quality that renders a stretch of language interpretable as a unified whole. This argument challenges models that position cohesion as the main determinant of textuality.
Keywords: cohesion, coherence, discourse, discourse analysis, cohesive markers .
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Jasmina Mirtoska 
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