Adversative and concessive conjunctions in EFL writing : corpus-based description and rhetorical structure analysis /: corpus-based description and rhetorical structure analysis. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Yan Zhang.
• Other Names: Zhang, Yan
• Contents: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Research Background -- 1.2 The Complexity of Adversative and Concessive Conjunctions -- 1.3 Aims of the Study -- 1.4 Research Questions -- 1.5 Organization of the Book -- 2 Conjunctions and Logico-Semantic Relations: A Review of Theoretical and Empirical Research -- 2.1 Traditional and Systemic Functional Grammar Descriptions of Conjunction -- 2.1.1 Traditional Descriptions of Conjunctions and Linking Adverbials -- 2.1.2 The SFL-Based Approach to Clause Complexing and CONJUNCTION 2.1.3 Comparing Different Approaches -- 2.2 Adversative, Replacive, and Concessive Relations: Some Basic Distinctions -- 2.2.1 Antithesis, Neutral Contrast, and Concession in RST -- 2.2.2 Semantic Opposition, Denial-of-Expectation and Correction -- 2.2.3 Comparing Different Classifications -- 2.3 Empirical Studies on the Use of Conjunctions and Linking Adverbials in EFL Writing -- 3 Combining Corpus-Based Description and Text-Based Analysis -- 3.1 Data Description -- 3.1.1 Learner Corpus Used: CLEC -- 3.1.2 Native-Speaker Corpus Used: BAWE-E -- 3.1.3 Compatibility Between CLEC and BAWE-E 3.2 An Account of the Combined Method -- 4 An Overview of Adversative and Concessive Conjunctions in CLEC and BAWE-E -- 4.1 Overall Frequency and Distributions of Interdependency Types -- 4.2 Distribution of Semantic Categories -- 4.3 A Complementary View: Circumstantial Augmentation Versus Clause Complexing and Conjunction -- 4.4 Syntactic Distribution -- 4.4.1 Syntactic Distribution of Structural Conjunctions -- 4.4.2 Syntactic Distribution of Cohesive Conjunctions -- 4.5 Analyzing Multivalent Conjunctions -- 5 Co-occurrence Patterns of but in CLEC and BAWE-E 5.1 An Overview of the Co-occurrence Patterns of but in CLEC and BAWE-E -- 5.2 Analysis of but in fact -- 5.2.1 Sentence-Initial but Co-occurring with in fact in CLEC -- 5.2.2 Sentence-Initial but Co-occurring with in fact in BAWE-E -- 5.2.3 Co-occurrence of but in fact Within Clause Complex in BAWE-E -- 5.2.4 Co-occurrence of but in fact Within Clause Complex in CLEC -- 5.3 Analysis of but I think -- 5.3.1 Functions of but I think in CLEC -- 5.3.2 Functions of but I think in BAWE-E -- 5.4 Summary 6 The Positioning of While-Clauses and the Implications for Understanding the Types of Logico-Semantic Relations of While -- 6.1 Sequences of While-Clause and the Main Clause in a Hypotactic Nexus -- 6.1.1 Conjunctive Adjuncts + While-Clauses -- 6.1.2 That-While-Clauses -- 6.1.3 Section Summary -- 6.2 Comparing Initial and Final While-Clauses for Different Meanings in CLEC and BAWE-E -- 6.2.1 Quantitative Findings of Initial and Final While-Clauses of for Different Meanings -- 6.2.2 Initial While-Clauses for the Adversative Sense -- 6.2.3 Initial While-Clauses for Concession
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (234 pages)
• Subjects: 425.7; English language -- Conjunctions; English language -- Study and teaching -- Chinese speakers; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811578373
• Related ISBNs: 9789811578366
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