‘HE IS A CRIMINAL IN SERIES’: A FORAY INTO ERRORS BY ROMANIAN LEARNERS OF ENGLISH
‘HE IS A CRIMINAL IN SERIES’: A FORAY INTO ERRORS BY ROMANIAN LEARNERS OF ENGLISH
Author(s): Loredana Pungă, Hortensia PârlogSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Politehnica
Keywords: aspect errors, cross-linguistic transfer, error analysis, function words errors, L1-L2 transfer, lexical-semantic errors, syntactic errors
Summary/Abstract: The paper contains a qualitative and quantitative analysis of errors resulting from the interference between the learners’ mother tongue (Romanian) and English as a foreign language. The errors have been identified in a sample corpus of argumentative essays (cca 15,000 words) written on general topics, by the Romanian corpus of learner English assembled by Mădălina Chitez. They are classified, the type of L1-L2 transfer involved in their production is explained and their interpretation is complemented by quantitative considerations. The aim of the research is clearly pedagogical.
Journal: Professional Communication and Translation Studies
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 8
- Page Range: 161-177
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
