Adversative and Concessive Conjunctions in EFL Writing: Corpus-Based Description and Rhetorical Structure Analysis

by Yan Zhang

This book explores the usage patterns of a group of adversative and concessive conjunctions in English texts written by Chinese EFL learners and their native speaker counterparts. Focusing on probability profiles and systemic potentials, the study encompasses three stages and combines the strengths of two research methods - the corpus-based approach and text-based analysis - to examine the conjunctions under the theoretical framework of systemic functional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811578397
• ISBN13: 9789811578397
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"