A Corpus-Based Study on the Use of Logical Connectives in English Majors’ Undergraduate Dissertations—Taking Cheng_x005fdu Neusoft University as an Example
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and sections of speech. This study creates a corpus of 40 translation reports written by English major students at Chengdu Neusoft Univer_x005fsity. Four different forms of linking were compared and analyzed in these papers. It discovers that among these students, there are notable
variations in the use of temporal and transitive connectives. While there are issues with a lack of variety in word choice and the persistence of
stereotyped writing templates, the majority of connectives are utilized in much the same ways. The purpose of this paper is to provide some
insights and enhancements for academic essay writing by students, as well as pertinent recommendations for English writing instruction.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v6i36.11926
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