Syntactic and Semantic Properties of <i>on the Contrary</i> in British University Student Essay Writing: A Corpus-Based Systemic Functional Analysis
In contrast to previous descriptions of <i>on the contrary</i> (<i>OTC</i>) as a corrective or replacive marker requiring explicit negation, this study revealed that more than 50% of the occasions the expression was used in British tertiary level student essays, represented b...
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MDPI AG
2022-10-01
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| Series: | Applied Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/20/10635 |