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Adversative and Concessive Conjunctions in EFL Writing

Corpus-based Description and Rhetorical Structure Analysis

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The book investigates the use of adversative and concessive conjunctions in English texts by Chinese EFL learners compared to native speakers. It employs a combination of corpus-based and text-based analysis within a systemic functional linguistics framework. The study begins with an overview of seventeen conjunctions, examining their frequency and semantic categories. It then focuses on three specific conjunctions, analyzing their syntactic positions and semantic relations. A case study further explores the impact of these conjunctions on text structure, offering valuable insights for both diagnostic and pedagogical purposes.

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Adversative and Concessive Conjunctions in EFL Writing, Yan Zhang

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Subtítulo
Corpus-based Description and Rhetorical Structure Analysis
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Inglés
Autores
Yan Zhang
Publicado en
2021
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Páginas
252
ISBN13
9789811578397
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The book investigates the use of adversative and concessive conjunctions in English texts by Chinese EFL learners compared to native speakers. It employs a combination of corpus-based and text-based analysis within a systemic functional linguistics framework. The study begins with an overview of seventeen conjunctions, examining their frequency and semantic categories. It then focuses on three specific conjunctions, analyzing their syntactic positions and semantic relations. A case study further explores the impact of these conjunctions on text structure, offering valuable insights for both diagnostic and pedagogical purposes.