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題名 Learning How to Read Situations and Know What Is the Right Thing to Say or Do in an L2: A Study of Sociocultural Competence and Language Transfer
作者 余明忠
Yu, Ming-chung
貢獻者 英文系
關鍵詞 Interlanguage pragmatics; Cross-cultural pragmatics; Sociolinguistic competence; Naturally occurring data; Speech acts; Compliments
日期 2011.03
上傳時間 7-Jul-2014 15:37:29 (UTC+8)
摘要 This study investigates the interlanguage behavior of Chinese learners of American English, focusing on how they offer ‘compliments’ in a second language (L2). In this paper, the behavior of Taiwanese ESL (English-as-a-second-language) learners in the United States is compared with that of Taiwanese native speakers of Mandarin Chinese and with that of native speakers of American English, in order to reveal how the ESL learners perform this speech act in naturally occurring contexts.The results showed that the linguistic strategies and options employed to realize compliments by native Chinese speakers were very different from those used by native speakers of English. For example, Chinese speakers were much less inclined to offer compliments than were English speakers. This tendency was also visible in the L2 of Chinese ESL speakers. Therefore, although there were some similarities between the learners and the target language speakers, the performance of the former, in terms of the use of strategies, positive semantic carriers, syntactic formulaic patterns, supportive moves and/or small talk, could often be seen to reflect native language (L1) communicative styles and the transfer of L1 socio-cultural strategies into L2 behavior.
關聯 Journal of Pragmatics, 43(4), 1127-1147
資料類型 article
DOI http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2009.09.025
dc.contributor 英文系en_US
dc.creator (作者) 余明忠zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Yu, Ming-chungen_US
dc.date (日期) 2011.03en_US
dc.date.accessioned 7-Jul-2014 15:37:29 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 7-Jul-2014 15:37:29 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 7-Jul-2014 15:37:29 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/67353-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) This study investigates the interlanguage behavior of Chinese learners of American English, focusing on how they offer ‘compliments’ in a second language (L2). In this paper, the behavior of Taiwanese ESL (English-as-a-second-language) learners in the United States is compared with that of Taiwanese native speakers of Mandarin Chinese and with that of native speakers of American English, in order to reveal how the ESL learners perform this speech act in naturally occurring contexts.The results showed that the linguistic strategies and options employed to realize compliments by native Chinese speakers were very different from those used by native speakers of English. For example, Chinese speakers were much less inclined to offer compliments than were English speakers. This tendency was also visible in the L2 of Chinese ESL speakers. Therefore, although there were some similarities between the learners and the target language speakers, the performance of the former, in terms of the use of strategies, positive semantic carriers, syntactic formulaic patterns, supportive moves and/or small talk, could often be seen to reflect native language (L1) communicative styles and the transfer of L1 socio-cultural strategies into L2 behavior.en_US
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dc.relation (關聯) Journal of Pragmatics, 43(4), 1127-1147en_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Interlanguage pragmatics; Cross-cultural pragmatics; Sociolinguistic competence; Naturally occurring data; Speech acts; Complimentsen_US
dc.title (題名) Learning How to Read Situations and Know What Is the Right Thing to Say or Do in an L2: A Study of Sociocultural Competence and Language Transferen_US
dc.type (資料類型) articleen
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1016/j.pragma.2009.09.025en_US
dc.doi.uri (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2009.09.025en_US