- Chaining is crucial to cohesion.
- Narratives should be in chronological order.
- Same tense should be used.
- Nom is a common cohesive devise. It is used to refer to subjects and objects within sentences, and can also refer to previous events. Nom seems quite common following a Noun phrases.
- aleg agabi yoguwo nom ogotolob (adds glue to the indirect obj)
- aleg wowg nom ege yam (adds glue to indirect obj)
- nom nala (refers back to previous event)
- Nom also embeds.
- Repetition or partial repetition of sentences builds cohesion.
- Restatement with negation builds cohesion.
- Alternation can be used for cohesion.
- Participants tracking.
Meaning based translation textbook
The following are identified as cohesive devices:
- Using words within the same semantic domain
- Chaining
- Substitution with synonyms and antonyms
- Use (or lack of use) of pronouns
- Summary statements
- Conjunctions (words like sogutugub, ogotolob)
- Same tense, mood and chronological order