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Acknowledgements
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 General Description of the Study
1.2 Need for the Study
1.3 Significance of the Study
1.4 Overall Structure of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Conceptual Definitions of Key Terms
2.1.1 Cohesion and Coherence
2.1.2 Conjunction and Cohesion
2.1.3 Linking Adverbials
2.2 Theoretical Rationale
2.2.1 Conjunction and Its Categorization
2.2.2 Register and Conjunction
2.2.3 Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis
2.3 Related Studies on Linking Adverbials
2.3.1 Theoretical Approaches to Linking Adverbials
2.3.2 Related Empirical Studies
Chapter 3 Methodology
3.1 Research questions
3.2 Research Design
3.2.1 Data Selection
3.2.2 Data Analysis
Chapter 4 Results and Discussion
4.1 Comparison between Chinese EFL learners and Native English Speakers
4.1.2 Distribution of Semantic Types of Linking Adverbial
4.1.3 Ten Most Frequently Used Linking Adverbials
4.1.4 Overuse and Underuse of Linking Adverbials
4.2 Comparison between High-achievers and Low-achievers
4.2.1 Correlation between the Learners' use of Linking Adverbials and Their Writing Proficiency
4.2.2 Stylistic Analysis of the Use of Linking Adverbials between High-achievers and Low-achievers
Chapter 5 Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Pedagogical Implications
5.3 Limitations
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