摘要：The aims of this research are to analyze differences and similarities in the use of cohesive devices and to analyze whether gender affects the choice of cohesion. The hypothesis of this research is that females tend to use different types of cohesions more than males. The results reveal that both males and females use five types of cohesion: reference, substitution, ellipsis, conjunction, and lexicon cohesion. Therefore, it appears that gender does not affect the choice of cohesion. However, when considering how the cohesion devices are applied in male-female conversations, males lead the conversations, change the topics of conversation, and continue topics which they have already introduced; but males do not continue topics which females introduce. Females support the conversation and participate in the conversation as followers. At the same time, females continue topics which other participants have introduced. Keyword: Gender, Cohesion, and Casual conversation
其他摘要：The aims of this research are to analyze differences and similarities in the use of cohesive devices and to analyze whether gender affects the choice of cohesion. The hypothesis of this research is that females tend to use different types of cohesions more than males. The results reveal that both males and females use five types of cohesion: reference, substitution, ellipsis, conjunction, and lexicon cohesion. Therefore, it appears that gender does not affect the choice of cohesion. However, when considering how the cohesion devices are applied in male-female conversations, males lead the conversations, change the topics of conversation, and continue topics which they have already introduced; but males do not continue topics which females introduce. Females support the conversation and participate in the conversation as followers. At the same time, females continue topics which other participants have introduced. Keyword: Gender, Cohesion, and Casual conversation
