Same difference? L1 influence in the use of initial adverbials in English novice writing
| Autor: | Janine Berns, S. van Vuuren |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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060201 languages & linguistics
Languages in Transition Stages Linguistics and Language 05 social sciences 050301 education Applied linguistics 06 humanities and the arts Pragmatics Language & Communication Language and Linguistics First language acquisition Linguistics 0602 languages and literature Pedagogy Psychology 0503 education |
| Zdroj: | International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 56, 427-461 International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 56, 4, pp. 427-461 |
| ISSN: | 0019-042X |
| Popis: | This paper examines the use of clause-initial adverbials in English novice writing. Previous research has identified frequent use of such adverbials as characteristic of Dutch EFL writing. Our contrastive corpus analysis of novice writing by Dutch and Francophone learners as well as native speakers allows us to determine whether this use of initial adverbials is (a) a V2 transfer effect, (b) a general interlanguage feature, independent of learners’ L1, or (c) a characteristic of novice writing in general, holding true for both native and non-native writers. We will show that both learner groups are ‘equally different’ from the native-speaker novice writers in their frequent use of initial adverbials, but appear to have distinct underlying reasons for this linguistic behaviour: Francophone writers place adverbials in initial position more often for stylistic purposes, while Dutch writers have a stronger tendency to use initial adverbials for local discourse linking. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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