Determiner Use in English Quantificational Expressions: A Corpus-Based Study

Autor/inn/en	Yoo, Isaiah WonHo; Shin, Yu Kyoung
Titel	Determiner Use in English Quantificational Expressions: A Corpus-Based Study
Quelle	In: TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 54 (2020) 1, S.90-117 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Shin, Yu Kyoung)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0039-8322
DOI	10.1002/tesq.539
Schlagwörter	Language Proficiency; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; College Students; Korean; Computational Linguistics; Language Usage; Form Classes (Languages); Cues; Error Patterns; Phrase Structure; Native Language; Difficulty Level + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Collegestudent; Koreanisch; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Sprachgebrauch; Analytischer Sprachbau; Stichwort; Fehlertyp; Phrasenstruktur; Schwierigkeitsgrad
Abstract	It is well known that article usage is difficult for learners of English to acquire. Indeed, learner errors such as "*many of people" are not uncommon. A closer look at similar multiword sequences reveals why learners might have difficulty using articles properly in such expressions: No definite article is required in phrases like "lots of cars" or "plenty of money." In order to provide learners with corpus-based accounts of article usage in these expressions, this study explored determiner use in English quantificational expressions in two reference corpora. It examined to what extent Korean learners of English in college (n = 806) employed quantificational expressions, compared to native-English-speaking college students (n = 552). Findings show that each group favored different types of quantificational expressions in their writing in response to identical prompts, but overall the learners displayed smaller quantificational expression repertoires. The learners also tended to omit determiners where they were obligatory with quantificational expressions, but error rates dropped as students' proficiency levels increased. By presenting a thorough description of English quantificational constructions and identifying learner error types, this study provides information that may help learners of English improve their use of determiners in English multiword sequences. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01