The present paper carries a corpus-based study on the use of adverbial conjuncts in order to reveal the difference between Chinese EFL learners and native speakers. It is based on two corpora of CLEC and LOB. Accordin...The present paper carries a corpus-based study on the use of adverbial conjuncts in order to reveal the difference between Chinese EFL learners and native speakers. It is based on two corpora of CLEC and LOB. According to the data-driven analysis, the research shows that Chinese EFL learners tend to overuse listing conjuncts while underuse other categories. This may result from the limitation of writing topics and the lack of cohesion in their writings. Besides, the incomplete understanding of adverbial conjuncts may cause the avoiding of certain conjuncts and thus turning to the easier listing conjuncts for help.展开更多
文摘The present paper carries a corpus-based study on the use of adverbial conjuncts in order to reveal the difference between Chinese EFL learners and native speakers. It is based on two corpora of CLEC and LOB. According to the data-driven analysis, the research shows that Chinese EFL learners tend to overuse listing conjuncts while underuse other categories. This may result from the limitation of writing topics and the lack of cohesion in their writings. Besides, the incomplete understanding of adverbial conjuncts may cause the avoiding of certain conjuncts and thus turning to the easier listing conjuncts for help.
