Critical contingency competition in L2 clause positioning acquisition: the case of concessive clause by Chinese EFL learners

IF 1 2区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI:10.1515/cllt-2023-0068
Jiajin Xu, Hui Kang
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Abstract Concessive clause positioning as a result of multi-cue competition has been widely examined in L1 and L2 English learners. This study furthers the present research by examining competition patterns among contingency, L1 transfer, and salience factors in concessive clause positioning by Chinese EFL learners. We extracted 1,356 concessive subordinations conjoined by although and though from native and learner argumentative essays, and used multifactorial models to examine the effectiveness, tuning tendency, and power ranking of the cues that tune concessive clause positions. A critical contingency competition was tentatively concluded in concessive clause positioning by Chinese EFL learners. That is, in cue consistency across native and learner datasets, contingency values assume the baseline role, which L1 transfer hinders while salience promotes. In addition, a critical contingency value exists, above which L1 transfer effects are not stronger than contingency and salience effects, so that cue consistency would usually be maintained and vice versa.
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L2 语篇定位习得中的临界权变竞争:以中国 EFL 学习者的让步状语从句为例
摘要 作为多线索竞争结果的让步状语从句定位已在 L1 和 L2 英语学习者中得到广泛研究。本研究通过考察中国 EFL 学习者在让步状语从句定位中的或然性、L1 迁移和显著性因素之间的竞争模式,进一步推动了目前的研究。我们从母语和学习者的议论文中提取了1,356个由 "虽然 "和 "虽然 "连接的让步状语从句,并使用多因素模型考察了调整让步状语从句位置的线索的有效性、调整倾向和力量排序。研究初步得出结论,中国 EFL 学习者在让步状语从句定位中存在临界权变竞争。也就是说,在母语和学习者数据集之间的线索一致性中,或然值起着基线作用,L1转移会阻碍或然值,而显著性则会促进或然值。此外,还存在一个临界或然值,在该值之上,L1 迁移效应不会强于或然效应和显著性效应,因此线索一致性通常会得以保持,反之亦然。
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期刊介绍: Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory (CLLT) is a peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality original corpus-based research focusing on theoretically relevant issues in all core areas of linguistic research, or other recognized topic areas. It provides a forum for researchers from different theoretical backgrounds and different areas of interest that share a commitment to the systematic and exhaustive analysis of naturally occurring language. Contributions from all theoretical frameworks are welcome but they should be addressed at a general audience and thus be explicit about their assumptions and discovery procedures and provide sufficient theoretical background to be accessible to researchers from different frameworks. Topics Corpus Linguistics Quantitative Linguistics Phonology Morphology Semantics Syntax Pragmatics.
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