Frequency and patterns of use of English and French conjunctive markers of contrast
Article outline
7.1Introduction
7.2Frequencies of conjunctive markers of contrast in English and French editorials
7.2.1Overall frequency of conjunctive markers of contrast
7.2.2Preferred types of conjunctive markers in English and French
7.2.3Lexical breakdown of the corpus results
7.2.3.1Lexical variety of conjunctive markers in English and French
7.2.3.2Frequency features of individual conjunctive markers of contrast
7.3Syntactic patterning of conjunctive markers of contrast
7.3.1Syntactic patterning of English and French conjunctive markers of contrast
7.3.1.1Syntactic patterns of English and French conjunctive adjuncts of contrast
7.3.1.2Syntactic patterns of English and French coordinators of contrast
7.3.1.3Syntactic patterns of English and French subordinators of contrast
7.3.2The syntax-discourse interface
7.3.2.1Syntactic fragmentation as an emphatic device
7.3.2.2Syntactic compression of contrastive linking in English and French editorials
7.3.3The syntax-lexis interface
7.4Conjunctive adjuncts of contrast in English and French: A cross-register comparison
7.4.1Frequency of conjunctive adjuncts of contrast in English and French: A comparison of newspaper editorials and academic writing
7.4.1.1Overall frequencies of English and French conjunctive markers in LOCRA and Mult-Ed
7.4.1.2Lexical breakdown of the corpus results
7.4.2Syntactic patterns of English and French conjunctive markers of contrast in editorials and academic writing: A focus on sentence-initial coordinators