Linking or delinking of ideas?: the use of adversative linking adverbials by advanced EFL learners

• Autores: Noelia Navarro Gil, Helena Roquet Pugès
• Localización: Revista española de lingüística aplicada, ISSN 0213-2028, Vol. 33, no. 2, 2020, págs. 505-535
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1075/resla.18020.nav
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• Resumen

  • This paper explores the use of adversative Linking Adverbials (LAs) in the academic writing of advanced English Foreign Language (EFL) learners with different linguistic backgrounds. The learner corpus used in this study consists of 50 argumentative essays which are contrasted with a native corpus: the American university students’ corpus (LOCNESS). Liu’s (2008) comprehensive list of adversative LAs has been used for the analysis. Findings reveal that both non-native (NNS) and native speakers of English (NS) use similar types of adversative LAs, but NNS place them regularly in sentence- and sometimes in paragraph-initial position, which often results in punctuation issues and misuse. A total of 9 LAs were found to be overused (e.g., nevertheless) and underused (e.g., actually) by NNS. The analysis performed according to L1 has yielded unexpected results in terms of preference, frequency, and placement of adversative LAs. The so-called ‘teaching effect’ is considered one of the main factors influencing the learners’ choices.

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