role of lexical repetition in English written texts

Repetition is the process of repeating a word stated earlier in text either same form or with some modifications. It one key signaling devices available for setting up relations and, thereby, patterning discourse text. This study textual analysis role that repetition plays English texts. aims at investigating different roles these Moreover, it finding out if contributes to making explicit logical and prominent relationship between ideas, thus creating hierarchical structure. To achieve research, following hypotheses are made:1. uses heavily. 2. multifunctional English. 3. avoids exact by using other types repetition. The data consist five texts chosen randomly. These represent major recognized Werlich (1976). They are: descriptive, narrative, expository, argumentative instructive. which has been based on Hoey’s (1983 1991) models verified validity first second hypotheses, whereas refuted third hypothesis.