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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Preliminaries
2.1 Definition and Semantic Function of Adverbial Concessive Clauses
2.2 Interpersonal Meaning and Epistemic Meaning
2.3 Hedges and Boosters
2.4 The Positioning of Adverbial Concessive Clauses
2.5 Lone Adverbial Clauses
3. Methodology
3.1 The Data
3.2 The BNC
3.3 Classification Procedure
3.4 Chi-Square and Significance Levels
4. Results
4.1 Frequency of Concessive Clauses According to Sex
4.2 Position of Concessive Clauses According to Sex
4.3 Semantic Position of Lone Adverbial Clauses
5. Discussion
Conclusion
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- Anna Klamann (Author), 2015, Differences in the usage of finite adverbial concessive clauses. A replication study of "Gender Differences in English Syntax" by Britta Mondorf, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/305082
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