A Corpus-Based Approach to the Register Awareness of Asian Learners of English

Autor/inn/en	Kobayashi, Yuichiro; Abe, Mariko
Titel	A Corpus-Based Approach to the Register Awareness of Asian Learners of English
Quelle	In: Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 20 (2016) 2, S.1-17 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1345-8353
Schlagwörter	Computational Linguistics; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Oral Language; Written Language; Databases; Native Language; Language Proficiency; Asians; Language Styles; Nouns; Verbs; Form Classes (Languages); Japanese; Academic Discourse; Korean; Chinese; Language Usage; Language Variation; Writing (Composition); Foreign Countries; Metalinguistics; Statistical Analysis; Factor Analysis; Discourse Analysis; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Geschriebene Sprache; Datenbank; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Sprachstil; Analytischer Sprachbau; Japaner; Japanisch; Discourse; Diskurs; Koreanisch; China; Chinesen; Sprachgebrauch; Sprachenvielfalt; Schreibübung; Ausland; Metalanguage; Metasprache; Statistische Analyse; Faktorenanalyse; Diskursanalyse; Hongkong
Abstract	The purpose of the present study is to investigate the impact of learners' L1s and proficiency levels on their written production. This study also examined the influence of speech upon their writing. The following research questions were explored: (a) How do L1 and proficiency levels of learners affect their degrees of register awareness? (b) Which linguistic features distinguishing writing and speech registers are characteristic of each Asian learner group? This study draws on four sub-corpora of the International Corpus Network of Asian Learners of English (ICNALE), which is considered to be the largest East Asian composition database. Using the methodology originally developed by Biber (1988) to analyze the differences in the spoken and written registers of English, this study investigated the differences in a wide range of linguistic features among Asian learners of English. The results suggest that the L1s of learners affect the degree of their register awareness. Hong Kong learners display a set of stylistically appropriate features, such as nominalizations, predictive modals, and conjuncts, in their academic prose whereas Japanese learners exhibit many of informal features, such as first person pronouns, private verbs, and independent clause coordination, in their written production. Besides, Korean and Taiwanese learners show several features typical of speech, including second person pronouns, in their writing. In addition, this study demonstrates the effectiveness of Biber's list of linguistic features in the study of spoken nature in L2 writing. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics. Department of English, Namseoul University, 21 Maeju-ri, Seonghwan-eup, Cheonan-city, Choongnam, Korea 330-707. Tel: +82-2-3290-1995; e-mail: paalkorea@yahoo.co.kr; Web site: http://paal.kr/journals/journals.html
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Update	2020/1/01