@article{1432187,
      recid = {1432187},
      author = {Zhang, Yan.},
      title = {Adversative and concessive conjunctions in EFL writing :  corpus-based description and rhetorical structure analysis  /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xvi, 234 pages : illustrations (black  and white))},
      abstract = {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 linguistics and rhetorical structure theory.  Starting with an overview of seventeen conjunctions across  two corpora in terms of overall frequency, positional  distribution and distribution of semantic categories, the  book then offers a more detailed discussion of three  individual conjunctions, highlighting the interconnections  between 1) syntactic positions and co-occurrence patterns  and 2) semantic relations encoded by these conjunctions.  Lastly, it presents a case study of one full-length text  taken from the learner corpus, applying rhetorical  structure theory to provide new insights into the relevance  of adversative and concessive relations to text structure.  This comprehensive, in-depth analysis is both diagnostic  and pedagogically informative.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1432187},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7837-3},
}