Cohesion of Textual Structure in the Saudi Vision 2030’s Introduction

Abstract

The paper begins with defining a set of accredited foundational concepts and terms such as cohesion, textual structure, and Saudi Vision 2030 before it moves to examine various manifestations of cohesion in the chosen text by examining the following cohesive ties: Reference and the referential cohesive devices that are represented by pronouns, demonstratives, relative pronouns, and comparative particles; conjunction along with its four types: additive, adversative, causal and temporal; ellipsis, given that it is a cohesive relation in both its particle and nominal categories; substitution in both its nominal and verbal manifestations. The conclusion sums the results and the recommendations reached throughout the research: the coherence of the text within a unified framework, the explicit collaborative spirit through the use of pronouns referring to the leadership and the people, the accurate use of time combining between the present and the future, representing thus the clarity of the vision and its relatedness to reality; in addition to other used ties that serve as linking chains between the components of the text engulfing it in extra layers of coherence. Moreover, the paper confirms the necessity of conducting further linguistic studies that consider the Saudi Vision’s text as its main case study and tackle it from different angles to demonstrate its unity and cohesion. Keywords: Cohesion, Textual Structure, Saudi Vision 2030, Reference, Conjunction, Ellipsis, Substitution.