COMPOSITIONAL AND FORMAL LEVELS OF COHESION IN ENGLISH TEXTS OF TENDER DOCUMENTATION

Abstract

The article is devoted to the description of the category of cohesion in the business texts of the English language. The text-forming role of this category is revealed on the example of texts of the tender documentation. Due to the linguistic nature of the category of coherence, which is manifested at different linguistic levels, there are different types of coherence, among which are generally accepted classifications by linguistic means, namely: lexical and grammatical means and functional-syntactic means of cohesion. The choice of means of cohesion is determined by the specifics of the style. It has been presented the interpretation of the cohesion of business texts as a structural organization of individual blocks of the text with the help of lexical and grammatical connections. There are two levels of cohesion: compositional and formal. It has been found that cohesive coherence at the compositional level is emphasized in the arrangement of two blocks of text with a clear arrangement of structural parts. The first block contains the introduction “Preface”, and the next block, in turn, consists of three sections. It has been emphasized the importance of compositional cohesion in the formation of the text. The analysis of the formal component in the business text has been carried out. Traditional functional-syntactic means of cohesion have been revealed, among which conjunctions and conjunctive words. An extensive list of conjunctive and subjunctive conjunctions that certify the tender documents has been presented. It has been highlighted the role of conjunctions in the forming of the text, connecting pieces of the information and setting the rhythm of business speech. The systemic nature of the use of cohesive language tools has been observed, among which conjunctions play a significant role in automating of the words choice.