Monday, March 16, 2009

Discourse Markers

generalizing

  1. on the whole
  2. in general
  3. in all/most/many/some cases
  4. broadly speaking
  5. by and large
  6. to a great extent
  7. to some extent
  8. apart from
  9. except for

adding

  1. moreover
  2. furthermore
  3. in addition
  4. as well as that
  5. on top of that
  6. another thing is
  7. what is more
  8. besides
  9. in any case

concession

  1. it is true
  2. of course
  3. certainly
  4. if
  5. may
  6. stressed do

counter-argument

  1. however
  2. even so
  3. but
  4. nevertheless
  5. nonetheless
  6. all the same
  7. still

balancing contrasting points

  1. on the other hand
  2. while
  3. whereas

emphasising a contrast

  1. however
  2. nevertheless
  3. mind you
  4. still
  5. yet
  6. in spite of this

similarity

  1. similarly
  2. in the same way

contradicting

  1. on the contrary

giving examples

  1. for instance
  2. for example
  3. e.g.
  4. in particular

structuring

  1. firstly
  2. first of all
  3. secondly
  4. thirdly
  5. lastly
  6. finally
  7. to begin with
  8. to start with
  9. in the first/second/third place
  10. for one thing
  11. for another thing

logical consequence

  1. therefore
  2. as a result
  3. consequently
  4. so
  5. then

summing up

  1. in conclusion
  2. to sum up
  3. briefly
  4. in short

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