Priežasties konjunkcija mokslinio ir publicistinio stiliaus tekstuose
Causal Conjunction in Scientific and Publicistic Texts

Summary/Abstract: The samples of scientific and publicistic texts contain roughly the same number of occurrencies (50 % in each type of texts) of real cause conjunction. Real cause conjunction is expressed by the following conjunctions and linking words: todėl, ir, tačiau, mat, nes [Eng. therefore, and, however, because, as]. The empirical analysis has shown that the most common connector in both scientific and publicistic texts is todėl [Eng. therefore]. It is also the most neutral connector of real cause. Connectors todėl, dėl to [Eng. that is why, because of that] are used synonymously. In publicistic texts, real cause relations are rather frequently expressed by the polysemous conjunction ir [Eng. and]. In the scientific and publicistic texts that have been researched the relation of concessive conjunction is expressed by connector tačiau [Eng. however]. Also, there are instances where connector žinoma [Eng. certainly] is used. In such cases concessive meaning is supplemented by a modal shade of certitude; this connector helps to stress and highlight the importance of the content of the preceding sentence or even the importance of the sentence in the whole text. In the scientific and publicistic text samples that have been researched, the following connectors are used in this relation: ir, bet, o, tačiau, vis dėlto, todėl [Eng. and, but, however, nevertheless, therefore]. The most common means of sentence cohesion, however, are connectors taigi, vadinasi [Eng. thus, hence] which are usually used to signal the conclusion and generalisation.

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