Syntactic functions of non-fi nite verb forms in a learner corpus of Czech students
Syntactic functions of non-fi nite verb forms in a learner corpus of Czech students
Author(s): Libuše Hornová
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Syntax, Language acquisition
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: learner corpus; spoken language grammar; syntactic functions of non-fi nite verb forms; L1 transfer; contrastive analysis; second language acquisition;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to present some fi ndings resulting from the analysis of a small learner corpus of spoken English. Major attention is paid to the frequency of non-fi nite verb forms in their varied syntactic functions. The results are compared with corpus fi ndings presented in Biber et al. (1999 ) and also assessed according to contrastive interlanguage analysis (CIA), (Granger, 2009), which can help us estimate the possible infl uence of the learners´ native language (L1), Czech. The CIA analysis is based on the typological differences between the students’ L1 and L2 (Mathesius, 1975, Knittlová et al, 2010, Dušková et al, 1988, to name a few). The third aim is to suggest possible innovations in advanced language teaching/learning of the English language. By reducing the L1 transfer, the students´ performance could become closer to English native speakers´ norms.
Book: Communication across genres and discourses sixth Brno conference on linguistics studies in English
- Page Range: 45-58
- Page Count: 14
- Publication Year: 2015
- Language: English
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