法语作文常用连接词

TRANSITIONS CONTINUATIVE RELATIONS

Sequence then next Restatement

that is

in other words

in short

Exemplification

for example

for instance

thus

Premise

because

since

for

Conclusion

therefore

hence

so

consequently

thus

then

Similarity

likewise

similarly

Addition

and

also

moreover

furthermore

in addition

too

finally

nor

DISCONTINUATIVE RELATIONS

Anomalous Sequence earlier much later meanwhile Replacement

rather

in stead

Exception Concession

even though

although

though

granted

of course

Denied

Implication

nevertheless

still

Contrast

on the other

hand

on the contrary

conversely

Alternation

or

otherwise (----------------but---------------------yet----------------------however----------------)*

*These three words can signal several relations. They are perhaps general discontinuative markers; other transition words are specialized. Figure 1: The paired Semantic Relations and Some Common Words that Can Signal Them

From “Semantic and Lexical Coherence” Jeanne Fahnestock, College Composition and Communication 34 (1983), 400-416.