Development of English Referring Expressions in the Narratives of Chinese-English Bilinguals

Autor/inn/en	Chen, Liang; Pan, Ning
Titel	Development of English Referring Expressions in the Narratives of Chinese-English Bilinguals
Quelle	In: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 12 (2009) 4, S.429-445 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-7289
DOI	10.1017/S1366728909990216
Schlagwörter	Story Telling; Maintenance; Picture Books; Young Adults; Personality; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Chinese; Personal Narratives; Oral Language; Language Acquisition; Native Speakers; Comparative Analysis; Discourse Analysis; Form Classes (Languages); Language Usage + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Picture book; Bilderbuch; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Personalität; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; China; Chinesen; Erlebniserzählung; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Muttersprachler; Diskursanalyse; Analytischer Sprachbau; Sprachgebrauch
Abstract	This paper investigates the development of referring expressions in the narratives of children learning English as a second language (L2). Spoken narratives in English were elicited from sixty Chinese-speaking participants at four ages--five, eight, ten, and young adults--using the wordless picture book "Frog, where are you?" (Mayer, 1969). Narrative analysis focused on the referring expressions that the L2 speakers used to introduce and maintain reference to story characters in the narratives and on the referential appropriateness of those expressions. We then compared the results of this study with other, similar studies on children learning English as a first language (L1) and found both universal and L2-specific patterns in the development of referring expressions in discourse. On the one hand, regardless of whether English is acquired as an L1 or L2, appropriate use of referring expressions in discourse is developed gradually and is influenced by both discourse function (introduction vs. maintenance) and character type (main vs. secondary). On the other hand, L2 children in our study differed from L1 children in previous studies in the development of referential appropriateness in character introduction, the use of pronominals for referent maintenance, and the timeline of the mastery of appropriate forms for referent introductions versus referent maintenance. (As Provided).
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