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文档介绍：Discourse Analysis
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Define the following terms(30%)

cohesion
Theme

conversational implicature

conversational analysis
coherence
anaphoric reference
new information
discourse analysis

9. field
10. text
Analysis
Analyse the following passage ment on its thematic structure
The brain is most an---the one above all which allows us to be human.
The brain contains 10 billion nerve cells, making thousands of billions of connections with each other. It is the most powerful data processor we know,but at the same time it is incredibly delicate. As soft as a ripe avocado,the brian has to be encased in the tough bones of the skull, and floats in its own waterbed of adult brain weighs over 31b and fills the receives one fifth of the blood pumped out by the heart at e