Cohesion and Coherence in Discourse Extracted from Clinton's Testimony to the Grand Jury

Cohesion and coherence are two important terms in discourse analysis.This paper deals with cohesion and coherence in a discourse extracted from Clinton’s Testimony to the Grand Jury.The paper falls into four parts:the background knowledge of president Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky;the theoretical foundation—definitions of cohesion and coherence;the application of cohesion and coherence in the extracted discourse and a summary of the findings.