Research Article
Neural Cognition and Affective Computing on Cyber Language
Table 2
Commonly used connectors in Chinese, English, and Spanish.
| | Functions of connectors | Chinese | English | Spanish |
| | Alternatives | ① 不是…就是… | ① Either…or… | ① ni…ni… | | ② 即不是…也不是… | ② Neither…nor… | ② no…tampoco… | | ③ 或者 | ③ Or | ③ y | | ④ 以及 | ④ As well as | ④ tambien | | ⑤ 和, 与, 并且 | ⑤ And | ⑤ y | | ⑥ 和…都 | ⑥ Both…and… | ⑥ ambos…y… |
| | Cause and effect | ① 因此 | ① Therefore | ① por lo tanto | | ② 所以 | ② So | ② así que | | ③ 总之, 因此 | ③ As a result | ③ por consiguiente | | ④ 由于 | ④ Because of | ④ por | | ⑤ 基于, 由于 | ⑤ Due to | ⑤ gracias a | | ⑥ 因为 | ⑥ Because | ⑥ es que |
| | Concession | ① 还未, 仍然没有 | ① Yet | ① aún | | ② 但是, 但 | ② But | ② pero | | ③ 而, 正当 | ③ While | ③ sino | | ④ 相反地说, 而是 | ④ On the contrary | ④ por el contrario | | ⑤ 可是, 不过, 然而 | ⑤ However | ⑤ sin embargo | | ⑥ 然而 | ⑥ At the same time | ⑥ mientras |
| | Conclusion/summary | ① 总之 | ① In a word | ① en fin | | ② 整体上, 大体 | ② On the whole | ② en general | | ③ 简单地说, 简言之 | ③ In brief | ③ cortar el rollo | | ④ 总结下就是说 | ④ To conclude | ④ para concluir | | ⑤ 总共, 总计 | ⑤ In all | ⑤ en total | | ⑥ 概括下说 | ⑥ To sum up | ⑥ resumir |
| | Examples | ① 举例来说 | ① For example | ① por ejemplo | | ② 在那个案例上 | ② In that case | ② en eso caso | | ③ 解释下, 说明下 | ③ To illustrate | ③ por ilustrar | | ④ 一方面地讲 | ④ For one thing | ④ por una parte | | ⑤ 打比方说, 比如说 | ⑤ Such as | ⑤ tal como | | ⑥ 比如, 譬如 | ⑥ For instance | ⑥ entre ellos |
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