1 Complexity of adversative and concessive conjunctions
1.1 Comparing different approaches to conjunction
1.1.1 Conjunctions and linking adverbials in traditional grammar
1.1.2 Systemic functional linguistic approach to clause-complexing
1.1.3 Previous research on linking adverbials and conjunctions in L2 writing
1.2 Adversative and concessive relations: some basic distinctions
1.2.1 Adversative and concessive relation in the system of clause-complexing
1.2.2 Antithesis, neutral contrast and concession in Rhetorcial Structure Theory
1.2.3 Semantic opposition, denial-of-expectation and correction
1.3 Overview of the present book
2 A combined method of corpus-based and text-based analysis of adversative and
concessive conjunctions
2.1 Corpus-based Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL) description
2.1.1 Corpora description
2.1.2 Corpus analysis procedures
2.2 Text-based analysis: Using SFL-based textual analysis and Rhetorical Structure
Theory (RST) analysis
3 Adversative and concessive conjunctions: Comparing frequency distribution across
two corpora
3.1 Overall frequency and distribution of inter-dependency types: Structural vs.
cohesive conjunctions
3.2 Distribution of semantic categories: Adversative vs. concessive
3.3 A complementary view: Circumstantial argumentation vs. clause-complexing
and conjunction
3.4 Syntactic distribution
3.4.1 Syntactic distribution of structural conjunctions
3.4.2 Syntactic distribution of cohesive conjunctions
3.5 Chapter summary
4 Analyzing structural conjunction but by investigating its co-occurrence patterns
4.1 Overview of most frequent co-occurrence patterns of but across two corpora
4.2 Analysis of but in fact
4.2.1 Co-occurrence of but in fact in the native corpus
4.2.2 Co-occurrence of but in fact in the learner corpus
4.3 Analysis of but I think
4.3.1 Functions of but I think in the native corpus
4.3.2 Functions of but I think in the learner corpus
4.4 Chapter summary
5 Analyzing cohesive conjunction however by investigating its syntactic positions and agnation structures
5.1 Positional distribution of however across two corpora
5.2 Analysis of sentence-initial however
5.2.1 Sentence-initial however for adversative extension
5.2.2 Sentence-initial however for concessive enhancement
5.3 Analysis of the major variants of medial position however
5.3.1 Functions of post-subject however
5.3.2 Functions of however after an initial circumstantial Adjunct
5.3.3 Functions of paratactic use of however
5.4 Chapter summary
6 Text-based analysis of adversative and concessive conjunctions
6.1 An overview of the text-based analysis: Extending SFL-based text analysis by
Rhetorical Structure Theory
6.2 SFL-based textual analysis
6.2.1 Thematic interpretation
6.2.2 Instantiation patterns of clause-complexing and CONJUNCTION
6.3 Applying RST analysis to highlight the relevance of adversative and concessive
relations to text structure
6.4 Chapter summary
7 Conclusion
7.1 Summary of findings
7.2 Limitations of the study
7.2 Pedagogical implications
