Luận Văn Thạc Sĩ The Use Of Conjunctive And Lexical Relations For Elabaration In Expository Writing By Intermediate

The Use Of Conjunctive And Lexical Relations For Elabaration In Expository Writing By Intermediate-Level EFL Learners​

Cohesion has been widely concerned in English as a foreign language (EFL) writing. Motivated by Halliday and Matthiessen‘s elaboration (2014), this study focused on conjunctions and lexical relations for elaborating relations in EFL expository writing. Conjunctions, in this study, were examined for each category of elaboration, namely, exposition, exemplification, and clarification. Lexical relations consist of repetitions, synonyms, antonyms, and inclusion. Based on Halliday and Matthiessen‘s model of elaboration (2014), the analysis was conducted on 35 expository paragraphs written by intermediate-level learners at a suburban English center in Ho Chi Minh City. The results of analysis indicated the extent of elaboration and its corresponding conjunctions and lexical relations in the EFL learners‘ expository texts. The results revealed that the learners‘ texts demonstrated limited elaboration both in terms of quantity and quality. Elaboration was not only inadequate but also involved problematic use of conjunctions and lexical relations. The learners used a variety of elaborating conjunctions, but these were not reliable evidence for elaboration. Likewise, a range of lexical relations were present yet largely ineffective for elaboration.

• Luận văn thạc sĩ ngữ văn
• Chuyên ngành Ngôn ngữ Anh
• Người hướng dẫn: TS. Đặng Tấn Tín
• Tác giả: Nguyễn Hoàng Khâm
• Số trang: 88
  
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• Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh
• Đại học Khoa học Xã hội và Nhân văn - Đại học Quốc gia TP. HCM 2021

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