PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS IN THE WEB OF DISCOURE

The discoursal web is enabled by the very nature of the PU: cohesion  of its base form. Signals of phraseological presence work like a cohesive framework.  Instantial use may provide cohesion across not only sentences and paragraphs, but  also larger stretches of text. The PU, some part or separate constituents of it, cannot  be interpreted without the complete extent of instantial use. The structure of  discourse depends on a balance between all base and instantial elements interlinked by phraseological ties. Any change in the PU, for instance, replacement of one  instantial pattern by another, let alone replacement of instantial use by core use,  would change the entire network of relationships and hence meaning. Phraseological  cohesion is central to interpretation of a stretch of discourse