Signalling links in texts : a comparison of connector usage by native and non-native students and professionals in different genres
The current study investigates the use of connectors in three corpora. These are words and phrases such as however and as a result used to signal links between propositions within sentences, between sentences and larger areas if text. The non-native student corpus includes texts written by Thai MA T...
Main Author: | Heaton, Suzanne Leslie |
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University of Liverpool
2012
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.569446 |
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