The determiner phrases in East Asian learner English

This paper aims to assist trainee or novice ESL teachers who have some knowledge of linguistic theory but little or no knowledge about the grammar of discourse- or topic-oriented languages with no article and null pronouns, including Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Proposing an activation mo...

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Published in:Working Papers of the Linguistics Circle of the University of Victoria 2021-01, Vol.31 (1), p.132
Main Author: Ceong, Hyekyeong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asian languages
Asian people
English as a second language
Japanese language
Korean language
Mandarin
Noun phrases
Pronouns
Second language teachers
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Summary:This paper aims to assist trainee or novice ESL teachers who have some knowledge of linguistic theory but little or no knowledge about the grammar of discourse- or topic-oriented languages with no article and null pronouns, including Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Proposing an activation model for DP in these Asian languages, the properties between English determiner phrases (DP), including articles, pronouns, demonstratives, and (alienable) possessives, are compared with those in the East Asian languages. The conscious awareness of explicit knowledge about the grammar of DP in two typologically distinct languages will provide additional benefits to the teachers’ teaching in Asian contexts.
ISSN:1200-3344
1920-440X