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Textuality in Text: A Discourse Analysis of Nelson Mandela‘s I Am the First Accused
Universal Journal of Literature and Linguistics
| Vol 4, Issue 1
Table 3. Lexical Cohesion Summary
| Summary of Repetition/Synonyms/Anonyms | ||
| Repetition | ||
| Repetition Reference | Line Reference | Referenced Item |
| I (hold) | 1-2 io (am) | The speaker |
| White supremacy | 5-7white supremacy | The white |
| Africans | 5-10 Africans | Blacks |
| Pass laws | 16-20 pass laws | Legislation |
| Police | 17-18 police | General |
| Family life | 22-25 family life | Africans |
| Schools | 23-24 school | Children |
| Violence | 26-28 violence | Rise in illegitimacy |
| Death sentence | 30-31 death sentence | Robberies |
| Colour | 43-44 colour | General |
| 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 |
| Ideal | 51-53 ideal | Free society |
| Synonyms | ||
| Synonyms | Line reference | Referenced items |
| Emotions | 12 love (hyponym) | Africans |
| House boy | 15 garden boy | Africans |
| Husband and wife apart | 20-21 Breakdown of family life | Africans |
| Poverty | 22-23 no money | Africans |
| Breakdown of family life | 22-24 no parents at home | The African child |
| Antonyms | ||
| Antonyms | Line reference | Referenced item |
| White supremacy | 5-6 (black inferiority) | Africans |
| White domination | 50- (black domination) | General |
| To live | 52-53 (to die) | The speaker |