@article{article_586175, title={Contrastive analysis of the semantic relations of connectors in argumentative texts in English and Albanian}, journal={Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies}, volume={15}, pages={508–519}, year={2019}, DOI={10.17263/jlls.586175}, author={Lubishtani, Manjola}, keywords={Textual connectivity; connectors; typology of relationships; relative frequency; argumentative text}, abstract={<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border:none;"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="608" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:456.3pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid 1pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="en-us" style="color:#7030A0;" xml:lang="en-us">Please fill up the following information accurately. (Please use Times New Roman, 12 pt. </span> </p> <p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="608" colspan="2" style="width:456.3pt;border:solid 1pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;"> <span style="background-color:transparent;"> <b>Contrastive analysis of the semantic relations of connectors in argumentative texts in English and Albanian </b> </span> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <b> </b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="608" colspan="2" style="width:456.3pt;border:solid 1pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4pt;margin-right:14.2pt;margin-bottom:4pt;margin-left:14.2pt;">The main purpose of this paper is the functional analysis and argumentation of text connectors as tools for implementation of the textual connectivity not only in the local but also global context. Given the comparative nature of this paper, we will be comparing typology and relationships expressed by the connectors in some of the argumentative texts published in the investigative journalism Project Syndicate network with their analogous versions translated into Albanian and published in the Kosovo daily newspaper Koha Ditore. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4pt;margin-right:14.2pt;margin-bottom:4pt;margin-left:14.2pt;">Thus, the treatment of the relationships they express will be realized by analyzing the preservation of the typology of the connectors during the translation process from the original variants in the language in which they are translated, in our case in Albanian. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4pt;margin-right:14.2pt;margin-bottom:4pt;margin-left:14.2pt;">Such processed data will provide answers related to the frequency of the connectors’ use, their means of realization, relations expressed according to the prevalence of connectors as well as their semantic, grammatical and functional equivalency.  </p> <div> <br /> </div> <p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="608" colspan="2" style="width:456.3pt;border:solid 1pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Information about Author(s)* </span> </b> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <b> </b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="608" colspan="2" style="width:456.3pt;border:solid 1pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Author 1 </span> </b> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <b> </b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="243" valign="top" style="width:182.5pt;border:solid 1pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Author (Last name, First name) </span> </p> <p> </p> </td> <td width="365" valign="top" style="width:273.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid 1pt;border-right:solid 1pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> Lubishtani,Manjola  </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="243" valign="top" style="width:182.5pt;border:solid 1pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Affiliated institution (University) </span> </p> <p> </p> </td> <td width="365" valign="top" style="width:273.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid 1pt;border-right:solid 1pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">  </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">University of Prishtina  </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="243" valign="top" style="width:182.5pt;border:solid 1pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Country </span> </p> <p> </p> </td> <td width="365" valign="top" style="width:273.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid 1pt;border-right:solid 1pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">  </span> <span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:.9em;">Kosovo </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="243" valign="top" style="width:182.5pt;border:solid 1pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Email address </span> </p> <p> </p> </td> <td width="365" valign="top" style="width:273.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid 1pt;border-right:solid 1pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0c}, number={2}, publisher={Hacettepe Üniversitesi} }