Control of cohesive devices

 

 

Reference chains allow reading to be simpler. They follow through your text so you know what is being discussed.

For example, if the person in question is named ‘Becker’, once they have been named then the reader is already aware of who is being talked about so this can follow through the text in the upcoming sentences.

 

e.g. ‘Becker proposed a theory of humour in 1949. The theory was further developed by Kilinc et al.

Due to the reference chain it was not necessary to state ‘Becker proposed a theory of humour in 1949. Becker’s theory of humour was further developed by Kilinc et al.’