Identity Chains As The Confusion Of Reference And Lexical Cohesion [2]

Martin, Matthiessen & Painter (2010: 286-7):

Two related participants, the Australian surf lifesaving movement and the Bondi clubhouse, are bridged from these lifesavers:

Table 7.7 Identity chains for the Bondi Boys

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[1] Again, 'bridging' (Martin 1992) confuses two distinct types of textual cohesion: reference and lexical cohesion. Evidence here.

[2] Again, the identity chains in Table 7.7 confuse relations between reference items (those, their, their, they, the) and their referents, with relations of repetition and synonymy between lexical items (boys, boys, lifesavers).