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Linguistics and Literature Studies Vol. 3(5), pp. 213 - 219
DOI: 10.13189/lls.2015.030504
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A Corpus-based Investigation of Actually as a Pragmatic Marker by Chinese Learners of English
Wang Li *
College of Foreign languages, Nantong University, China
ABSTRACT
This study examines and compares the production of actually as a pragmatic marker by native and non-native learners of English based on two parallel corpora: BNC (a corpus of spoken British English) and SECCL (a spoken corpus of Chinese EFL learners discourse). The results indicate that actually occurs more frequently in the native speaker corpus than the Chinese learner corpus. The native speakers displayed more varied pragmatic function pattern by employing five pragmatic functions while the Chinese EFL speakers used only one function. Two functions constitute a statistically significant difference between the two speaker groups i.e. the topic shifter and the face-threat function. Nonnative speakers only focus on the face-threatening function.
KEYWORDS
Pragamtic Marker, Corpus-based, Chinese Learners of English
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[1] Wang Li , "A Corpus-based Investigation of Actually as a Pragmatic Marker by Chinese Learners of English," Linguistics and Literature Studies, Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 213 - 219, 2015. DOI: 10.13189/lls.2015.030504.
(b). APA Format:
Wang Li (2015). A Corpus-based Investigation of Actually as a Pragmatic Marker by Chinese Learners of English. Linguistics and Literature Studies, 3(5), 213 - 219. DOI: 10.13189/lls.2015.030504.