Analysis of the Use of Stance Marker in Argumentative Essays by Chinese and British College Students —— A corpus-based study

Lihong Chen, Yijing Chen, Xindou Dai

Article ID: 7303
Vol 7, Issue 6, 2024

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Abstract


Referring to the specific classification of stance markers proposed by Zhang and Xia(2015), this study set out to explore the use of stance markers by Chinese EFL and British college students. Based on a sub-corpus of LOCNESS corpus and the Chinese students’ argumentative essay corpus, the study used Antconc to search for stance markers, calculated standardized frequency of the use of stance markers, and compared the use of stance markers in argumentative essay writing by Chinese and British college students. Finally, the study put forward some suggestions for Chinese students’ use of stance markers in argumentative essay writing.

Keywords


Stance markers; Corpus; Standardized frequencies; Characteristics



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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18686/ijmss.v7i6.7303

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