A Corpus-Based Study on Asian Learners' Use of English Linking Adverbials

Autor/in	Ishikawa, Shin'ichiro
Titel	A Corpus-Based Study on Asian Learners' Use of English Linking Adverbials
Quelle	In: Themes in Science and Technology Education, 3 (2010) 1-2, S.139-157 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1792-8788
Schlagwörter	Computational Linguistics; Form Classes (Languages); English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Language Usage; Asians; Applied Linguistics; Native Speakers; Connected Discourse; Essays; Writing (Composition); Contrastive Linguistics; Japanese; Chinese; Language Proficiency; Statistical Analysis; Persuasive Discourse + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Analytischer Sprachbau; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachgebrauch; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Linguistik; Angewandte Linguistik; Muttersprachler; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Schreibübung; Kontrastive Linguistik; Japaner; Japanisch; China; Chinesen; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Statistische Analyse; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation
Abstract	ICT influences various phases of language studies and education. Its application for applied linguistics has been mainly attempted in the field of corpus linguistics, which describes how native speakers (NS) use the language and how its use by non-native speakers (NNS) deviates from the NS norm. In the current study, we focused on the English linking adverbials (LA), which plays an important role in the logical cohesion of a text. By analyzing a newly-compiled international learner corpus to compare LA uses by English NS and Asian NNS, including Japanese learners of English (JLE) and their Chinese counterparts (CLE), we obtained several noteworthy findings. First, the gap between NS and Asian NNS is rather limited in terms of the quantity of LA used in essay writing. Second, Asian NNS tend to overuse addictive types of LA. Third, Asian NNS overuse LA items concerning the introduction of additional information and intensification of meaning, while underusing LA items concerning the introduction of parallel information and sequential introduction of information. Finally, JLE, CLE, and NS use major LA items in their own ways, which are hardly influenced by L2 proficiency. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Themes in Science and Technology Education. The Educational Approaches to Virtual Reality Technologies Laboratory, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GR 45110, Greece. Tel: +30-2651005697; Fax: +30-2651005854; Web site: http://earthlab.uoi.gr/theste
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Update	2020/1/01