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- Abbreviated Title: Int. J. Lang. Lit. Linguist.
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- DOI: 10.18178/IJLLL
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IJLLL 2023 Vol.9(2): 157-166
DOI: 10.18178/IJLLL.2023.9.2.397
DOI: 10.18178/IJLLL.2023.9.2.397
Classification and Textual Function of Conclusions in Text and Paragraphs
Wu Biyu*, Fan Jiayao, and Sun Hui
Abstract—Text and paragraph are two forms of discourse.
Their conclusions are similar in structure and semantics. There
are three types of conclusion sentence in paragraphs: closing
sentence, comment sentence, concluding sentence. The closing
sentence is the restatement of the theme of the paragraph and
generally has a discourse marker indicating a summary; The
comment sentence is the remark on the topic of the paragraph;
The concluding sentence is the ending of the paragraph with
both summary and comment. When the conclusion sentence is
in the thesis paragraph, it is also the thesis statement of the text.
There are two types of paragraphs in the conclusion part of the
text: the transitional paragraph and the conclusion paragraph.
The latter is a summary and comment on the topic of the text.
Usually, the topic sentence of the conclusion paragraph, often
accompanied by discourse markers indicating the general
conclusion, is the closing sentence of the text, which forms a
circulation in viewpoint with the thesis statement of the text
through lexical cohesion of keyword repetition. The conclusion
sentence of the conclusion paragraph is the comment sentence
of the text, which forms an emotional echo with the title of the
text and realizes the sublimation of the theme.
Index Terms—Conclusion paragraph, conclusion part, conclusion sentence, text and paragraph
Wu Biyu is with the Xianda College of Economics and Humanities, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China.
Fan Jiayao is with the School of English Studies, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China.
Sun Hui is with the Shanghai Technical Institute of Electronics & Information, Shanghai, China.
*Correspondence: wubiyu1969@sina.com (W.B.)
Index Terms—Conclusion paragraph, conclusion part, conclusion sentence, text and paragraph
Wu Biyu is with the Xianda College of Economics and Humanities, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China.
Fan Jiayao is with the School of English Studies, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China.
Sun Hui is with the Shanghai Technical Institute of Electronics & Information, Shanghai, China.
*Correspondence: wubiyu1969@sina.com (W.B.)
Cite:Wu Biyu, Fan Jiayao, and Sun Hui, "Classification and Textual Function of Conclusions in Text and Paragraphs," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 157-166, 2023.