A corpus-based study of connectors in student academic writing

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Autor(a) principal: Matte, Marine Laísa
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Sarmento, Simone
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
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Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10183/198236
Resumo: The aim of this paper is to present the results of an investigation which dealt with the use of connectors in a corpus composed of assignments written by Brazilians studying in British universities (BrAWE) as compared to another corpus which comprises academic texts written by a group of students with high marks in British universities (BAWE). Connectors are important because they are one of the linguistic devices that provide cohesion to the text. This paper brings together theoretical assumptions from Corpus Linguistics, English for Academic Purposes and connectors. The results indicate that there is a statistically significant difference in the use of the entire range of connectors in the investigated corpora, with Brazilian students overusing connectors as a whole and, more specifically, connectors which express additional ideas. This research points to the importance of corpus-based studies as they provide evidences of language use, and help in the creation of pedagogical material for English language classrooms.
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title A corpus-based study of connectors in student academic writing
spellingShingle A corpus-based study of connectors in student academic writing
Matte, Marine Laísa
Lingüística de corpus
Língua inglesa
Adverbio
Corpus linguistics
English for academic purposes
Connectors
title_short A corpus-based study of connectors in student academic writing
title_full A corpus-based study of connectors in student academic writing
title_fullStr A corpus-based study of connectors in student academic writing
title_full_unstemmed A corpus-based study of connectors in student academic writing
title_sort A corpus-based study of connectors in student academic writing
author Matte, Marine Laísa
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Sarmento, Simone
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Sarmento, Simone
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Língua inglesa
Adverbio
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Língua inglesa
Adverbio
Corpus linguistics
English for academic purposes
Connectors
dc.subject.eng.fl_str_mv Corpus linguistics
English for academic purposes
Connectors
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