Connector (text linguistics)
In text linguistics , connectors are conjunctions and adverbs that serve to connect successive sentences. They are thus means of cohesion or coherence (in the broader sense) and exercise a text-linguistic function. In the full sequence "I had a date with Peter. Then he suddenly became ill and could not come," is then such a connector.
However, connectors also play an important role in syntax for the formation of complex sentences.
See also
literature
- Harro Gross: Introduction to German Linguistics. Newly edited by Klaus Fischer. 3. revised u. exp. Ed. Iudicium, Munich 1998. ISBN 3-89129-240-6
- Margot Heinemann, Wolfgang Heinemann: Basics of text linguistics. Interaction between text and discourse. Niemeyer, Tübingen 2002. ISBN 3-484-31230-0