Topic prominence in Chinese EFL learners’ interlanguage

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dc.contributor.authorLi, Shaopeng
dc.contributor.authorYang, Lianrui
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-13T10:09:15Z
dc.date.available2014-08-13T10:09:15Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThe present study aims to investigate the general characteristics of topic-prominent typological interlanguage development of Chinese learners of English in terms of acquiring subject-prominent English structures from a discourse perspec- tive. Topic structures mainly appear in Chinese discourse in the form of topic chains (Wang, 2002; 2004). The research target are the topic chain, which is the main topic-prominent structure in Chinese discourse, and zero anaphora, which is the most common topic anaphora in the topic chain. Two important findings emerged from the present study. First, the characteristics of Chinese topic chains are transferrable to the interlanguage of Chinese EFL learners, thus resulting in overgeneralization of the zero anaphora. Second, the interlanguage discourse of Chinese EFL learners reflects a change of the second language acquisition process from topic-prominence to subject-prominence, thus lending support to the dis- course transfer hypothesis.pl_PL
dc.description.articlenumber6pl_PL
dc.description.journaltitleStudies in Second Language Learning and Teachingpl_PL
dc.description.number1pl_PL
dc.description.pageof109pl_PL
dc.description.pageto125pl_PL
dc.description.tome4pl_PL
dc.identifier.citationStudies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2014, vol. 4, no. 1, pp.109-125pl_PL
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.14746/ssllt.2014.4.1.6
dc.identifier.issn20835205
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10593/11318
dc.language.isoenpl_PL
dc.publisherZakład Filologii Angielskiej Wydział Pedagogiczno-Artystyczny Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Kaliszupl_PL
dc.subjecttopic prominencepl_PL
dc.subjectsubject prominencepl_PL
dc.subjecttopic chainpl_PL
dc.subjectzero anaphorapl_PL
dc.subjectdiscourse transferpl_PL
dc.subjectEnglishpl_PL
dc.titleTopic prominence in Chinese EFL learners’ interlanguagepl_PL
dc.typeArtykułpl_PL

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