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Discourse Markers and Linkers

Discourse markers are words or phrases that are used to connect clauses and sentences by indicating their relationship. Some common discourse markers that show contrast include but, whereas, and although. Additional markers include and and additionally. Cause and effect relationships can be shown using because, therefore, and as a result. Condition is indicated by if and unless. Time relationships are shown by words like first, next, when, and while. Examples are introduced by phrases like for example and to illustrate. Conclusion can be signaled by in conclusion or to summarize. Emphasis is provided by in fact or indeed.

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Discourse Markers and Linkers

Discourse markers are words or phrases that are used to connect clauses and sentences by indicating their relationship. Some common discourse markers that show contrast include but, whereas, and although. Additional markers include and and additionally. Cause and effect relationships can be shown using because, therefore, and as a result. Condition is indicated by if and unless. Time relationships are shown by words like first, next, when, and while. Examples are introduced by phrases like for example and to illustrate. Conclusion can be signaled by in conclusion or to summarize. Emphasis is provided by in fact or indeed.

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Discourse Markers - Linkers, conjunctions, connectors

Discourse Markers are used to combine clauses or to connect sentence elements. Each discourse marker indicates a particular meaning relationship between two or more clauses. Here are some connectors and their corresponding meaning: Contrast
but, whereas, while, on the other hand, unlike, although, though, despite the fact, however, nevertheless, despite, in spite of, instead of

Addition
and, in addition, additionally, furthermore, moreover, not only...but also, as well as, besides

Cause and Effect


because, since, therefore, as a result, consequently, due to, thus, so that, in order to

Condition
if, unless, only if, even if, even though, otherwise (negative condition)

Time
First, Next, eventually, instantly, before long, when, while, meanwhile, as soon as

Example
For example, for instance, To illustrate

Conclusion
In conclusion, to conclude, in summary, to summarize, as we have seen, in short

Emphasis
in fact, as a matter of fact, indeed in other words, that means, actually

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