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The Thread of Continuity in Functional Writing

Queen's University

This article introduces and explains some of the major subsystems of the signalling that indicates patterns of continuity in texts. Based on linguistic analysis of actual English use, the principles discussed demonstrate the various ways writers keep track of the main theme of the exposition and how they change to and from sublopics as necessary during the text. Basic, associated, and perspective continuity techniques are examined with the aid of short published examples of writing, and there is some mention of the other subsystems in the overall system of continuity signalling. Notes on leaching this material conclude the article.

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