Questão 67260

An English for Academic Purposes (EAP) instructor is teaching a lesson on textual cohesion, focusing on the sophisticated use of lexico-grammatical resources in argumentative writing. She wants her students to understand that cohesion is not just about using transition words, but about creating a 'semantic web' within the text. She presents them with the following short paragraph from an academic journal: 'The rise of artificial intelligence presents both unprecedented opportunities and profound challenges. This new technology has the potential to solve some of humanity's most pressing problems. However, the unchecked development of these powerful systems also raises serious ethical questions. Addressing such complex issues will require careful and proactive regulation.' The instructor wants to guide her students to analyze how this paragraph achieves cohesion without relying heavily on obvious connectors like 'and' or 'but'. Her approach is based on a textual-linguistic framework that emphasizes the role of lexical cohesion. This framework states: 'Lexical cohesion is created by the selection of vocabulary. Writers can repeat keywords, or, more subtly, use related words like synonyms, antonyms, superordinates (e.g., 'technology' for 'artificial intelligence'), and general nouns (e.g., 'issues', 'systems') to create a chain of meaning that ties the text together.'

Based on this framework, which of the following statements provides the most accurate analysis of the cohesive devices in the paragraph?