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The Use of Lexical Cohesion Elements in the Writing of ESL Learners

dc.contributor.authorKadiri, Goodluck C.en
dc.contributor.authorIgbokwe, Uche Lebechien
dc.contributor.authorOkebalama, Udodirim Ngozien
dc.contributor.authorEgbe, Cajetan Ikechukwuen
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-03T16:40:14Z
dc.date.available2017-02-03T16:40:14Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-26en
dc.identifier.issn1731-7533en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11089/20479
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the use of lexical elements of cohesion in the essay writing of students of English as a Second Language. Two hundred essays of final year students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka were collated and analyzed by the researchers in order to identify the lexical elements used to achieve cohesion in writing. The result showed that students used three lexical elements as postulated by Gutwinski in varying degrees in their writings. These include: repetition, synonyms, and lexical sets (collocations). Students tended to use more of repetitions and made minimal use of synonyms and lexical sets to achieve cohesion in writing. This has led to poorly written essays by students. It also implies that lexical cohesion elements should be taught in schools to enable students use them appropriately in writing.en
dc.publisherWydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiegoen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesResearch in Language;14en
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en
dc.subjectcohesionen
dc.subjectlexical elementsen
dc.subjectEnglish as a Second Languageen
dc.subjectwritingen
dc.titleThe Use of Lexical Cohesion Elements in the Writing of ESL Learnersen
dc.page.number221-234en
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationKadiri, Goodluck C. - University of Nigeria, Nigeriaen
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationIgbokwe, Uche Lebechi - University of Nigeria, Nigeriaen
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationOkebalama, Udodirim Ngozi - University of Nigeria, Nigeriaen
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationEgbe, Cajetan Ikechukwu - University of Nigeria, Nigeriaen
dc.identifier.eissn2083-4616
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dc.contributor.authorEmailKadiri, Goodluck C. - goodluck.kadiri@unn.edu.ngen
dc.contributor.authorEmailIgbokwe, Uche Lebechi - ucheeigbokwe@yahoo.comen
dc.contributor.authorEmailOkebalama, Udodirim Ngozi - udodirim.okebalama@unn.edu.ngen
dc.contributor.authorEmailEgbe, Cajetan Ikechukwu - cajetanikechukwuegbe@yahoo.comen
dc.identifier.doi10.1515/rela-2016-0014en


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