Textuality in Text: A Discourse Analysis of Nelson Mandela‘s I Am the First Accused
Table 3.
Lexical Cohesion Summary
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| Summary of Repetition/Synonyms/Anonyms |
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| Repetition |
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| Repetition Reference |
Line Reference |
Referenced Item |
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| I (hold) |
1-2 io (am) |
The speaker |
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| White supremacy |
5-7white supremacy |
The white |
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| Africans |
5-10 Africans |
Blacks |
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| Pass laws |
16-20 pass laws |
Legislation |
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| Police |
17-18 police |
General |
|
| Family life |
22-25 family life |
Africans |
|
| Schools |
23-24 school |
Children |
|
| Violence |
26-28 violence |
Rise in illegitimacy |
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| Death sentence |
30-31 death sentence |
Robberies |
|
| Colour |
43-44 colour |
General |
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| Fighting |
45-46 fighting |
Racialism |
|
| It is a struggle |
46-47 it is a struggle |
The African people |
|
| The African people |
47-49 African people |
South Africans |
|
| I have fought against |
49-50 I have fought against |
The speaker |
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| Ideal |
51-53 ideal |
Free society |
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| Synonyms |
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| Synonyms |
Line reference |
Referenced items |
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| Emotions |
12 love (hyponym) |
Africans |
|
| House boy |
15 garden boy |
Africans |
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| Husband and wife apart |
20-21 Breakdown of family life |
Africans |
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| Poverty |
22-23 no money |
Africans |
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| Breakdown of family life |
22-24 no parents at home |
The African child |
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| Antonyms |
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| Antonyms |
Line reference |
Referenced item |
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| White supremacy |
5-6 (black inferiority) |
Africans |
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| White domination |
50- (black domination) |
General |
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| To live |
52-53 (to die) |
The speaker |
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