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This article provides corpus based analysis of the use of conjunctions which create cohesion in texts. Cohesion is considerably taken as an evolving feature in linguistics that has drawn the focus of many researchers. This study is intended to explore the uniformity and regularity of the conjunction used in the novels of Paulo Coelho. The purpose of this study is to highlight the occurrences and frequencies of the use of conjunctions in Paulo Coelho’s six most famous novels. For the corpus analysis of this study, AntConc 3.5.8 software version is used. The writer prefers to use coordinating conjunctions more than subordinating and correlative conjunctions. It also elucidates that in all the six novels, the use of coordinating conjunction "and" is constant. The majority of conjunctions are used for creating clarification and logicality within the sentences.

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