A Corpus-Based Study on the Application of Connectives in Chinese College Students’ English Writing
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211216.014How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Corpus; English writing; Connectives; Non-English majors
- Abstract
Making use of self-built corpus and retrieval software AntConc, this paper first makes a comparative analysis of the use of connectives by non-English majors in Northeast Petroleum University and English native college students, and then compares the use of connectives by these Chinese students in CET-4 simulated compositions in the previous year and the following year. The findings show that the students in Northeast Petroleum University have a strong awareness of using different kinds of connective words to help achieve the well cohesion of the article in its content, which is especially true in the use of connectives that express juxtaposition, causation, contrast, concession, and certainty. However, compared with British students, their frequency of using appositives and transitions is insufficient and the application of summary transitions is too frequent. Meanwhile, after a year of study, the students were most likely to use causal connectives and concessional connectives. There were a number of reasons why the number of connectives students used in their writing after one year had not been increased, but decreased. This study will be available for some enlightenment for college students’ English learning and teachers’ teaching in future.
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- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Chunping Nan PY - 2021 DA - 2021/12/17 TI - A Corpus-Based Study on the Application of Connectives in Chinese College Students’ English Writing BT - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Sciences and Big Data Application (ICSSBDA 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 69 EP - 75 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211216.014 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211216.014 ID - Nan2021 ER -