The use of English relativizers by non-natives

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/globe/article/view/7597" target="_blank" >https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/globe/article/view/7597</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.54337/ojs.globe.v14i.7597" target="_blank" >10.54337/ojs.globe.v14i.7597</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The use of English relativizers by non-natives

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper presents a study of the acquisition and use of English relativizers by non-native university students of the English language. Danish students of English Business Communication, Serbian students of general English studies and Slovene students of Translation Studies serve as informants for this work, which is quantitative and comparative in nature. The informants’ mastery of English relativizers is investigated by questionnaire surveys. The study tests 3 hypotheses concerning challenges that the learners are likely to face due to possible interference from their mother tongues. The study does not only address the hypotheses themselves, but also possible ramifications for the theory of cross-linguistic influence. Two of the hypotheses are shown to be valid, showing that cross-linguistic influence is indeed real. The hypotheses in question concern the correct choice of relativizer with respect to animacy, and the misuse of whom in subject position. The results regarding the third hypothesis, i.e. concerning problems thought to be specific to Danish informants, are inconclusive, suggesting that cross-linguistic influence alone cannot explain all the challenges that non-native users of a language face.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The use of English relativizers by non-natives

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper presents a study of the acquisition and use of English relativizers by non-native university students of the English language. Danish students of English Business Communication, Serbian students of general English studies and Slovene students of Translation Studies serve as informants for this work, which is quantitative and comparative in nature. The informants’ mastery of English relativizers is investigated by questionnaire surveys. The study tests 3 hypotheses concerning challenges that the learners are likely to face due to possible interference from their mother tongues. The study does not only address the hypotheses themselves, but also possible ramifications for the theory of cross-linguistic influence. Two of the hypotheses are shown to be valid, showing that cross-linguistic influence is indeed real. The hypotheses in question concern the correct choice of relativizer with respect to animacy, and the misuse of whom in subject position. The results regarding the third hypothesis, i.e. concerning problems thought to be specific to Danish informants, are inconclusive, suggesting that cross-linguistic influence alone cannot explain all the challenges that non-native users of a language face.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Globe: A Journal of Language, Culture and Communication

ISSN

2246-8838

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

14

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

DK - Dánské království

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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