Different Roles of English Demonstratives by Korean University Students in Two Genres

• 발행기관: 한국영어어문교육학회
• 저자명: Lee, Hyo-Jung
• 간행물 정보: 『영어어문교육』영어어문교육 제27권 제2호, 23~42쪽, 전체 20쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2021.06.30

영문 초록

This study aims to identify to what extent Korean EFL learners’ use of English demonstratives varies in different genres of essays. Both argumentative and narrative essays from the Yonsei English Learner Corpus were analyzed based on grammatical and phoric-level functions. It also compared whether these functions differ depending on writing proficiency levels. The frequency analyses revealed some variations between the genres. First, the pronouns occurred significantly more in argumentative writing, while the determiners appeared slightly more in narrative writing. In particular, the pronominal this was more frequent in argumentative writing, while the determiner that was rather frequent in narrative writing. Second, the anaphoric function did not distinguish the two genres, but the exophoric function differentiated them significantly. Namely, the anaphoric function was similarly frequent in both genres, except for the predominant use of the anaphoric this in argumentative writing; however, the exophoric function was more preferred in narrative writing, especially for the exophoric this. The deictic function was only found in argumentative writing. As for proficiency, those seems to present a linear progression from the low-to-high in argumentative writing, which was evidenced in various functions. The findings help to understand Korean university students’ demonstrative development and use in English writing.

목차

I. INTRODUCTIONI

II. RELEVANT LITERATURE

III. METHODOLOGY

IV. RESULTS

V. CONCLUSION

키워드

demonstrative reference argumentative writing narrative writing L2 learner corpus L2 writing