Rebranding Concessive Condition As Internal Unexpected Consequence

Martin & Rose (2007: 140):

Or an argument may be countered as unexpected, with nevertheless, nonetheless, still:

While the authors considered this two-component definition,
they nevertheless favoured one component over the other one, behaving as if the two components could be taken separately

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To be clear, in SFL Theory, this is an instance of concessive condition, which has the meaning if P then contrary to expectation Q; see Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 478, 612-3).