Binmei Liu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3824382 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Binmei Liu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Binmei |
| FAMILY NAME | Liu |
| SIGNATURE | LIU B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nankai University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The use of discourse markers but and so by native English speakers and Chinese speakers of English
Previous studies have found that but and so occur frequently in native and non-native English speakers’ speech and that they are easy to acquire by non-native English speakers. The current study compared ideational and pragmatic functions of but and so by native and non-native speakers of English. Data for the study were gathered using individual sociolinguistic interviews with five native English speakers and ten L1 Chinese speakers. The results…
Social class, language attitudes, and language use
Few previous studies have examined the impact of social class on language attitudes and language use in mainland China. A total of 215 questionnaires were collected from a university in China for this study. The participants were classified into four social classes: upper middle class, middle middle class, lower middle class, and lower class. Then an individual interview was conducted with 10 students. Findings show that the students from the upp…
A contrastive study of discourse markers used by native and Chinese L2 English speakers across speech context
Discourse markers (DMs) are difficult even for advanced L2 speakers compared with L1 speakers because of their special linguistic features. The influence of contextual factors on the use of DMs has not been examined in detail in the literature. The present article investigates the impact of speech contexts (interview vs conversation) on the use of DMs by native and advanced Chinese speakers of English. Data for the study were gathered using indiv…
Effect of L2 exposure
Discourse markers (DMs) are of particular interest in the field of second language acquisition because a speaker’s use of L2 DMs may be good indicators for measuring the effect of exposure to the target language community on his/her L2 pragmatic competence. Previous studies lack detailed comparisons of the use of DMs in terms of frequency, variety, and function by a higher exposure group and a lower exposure group of L2 users. Previous studies la…
Effect of first language on the use of English discourse markers by L1 Chinese speakers of English
Effect of first language on the use of English discourse markers by L1 Chinese speakers of English
Effect of L2 exposure
Discourse markers (DMs) are of particular interest in the field of second language acquisition because a speaker’s use of L2 DMs may be good indicators for measuring the effect of exposure to the target language community on his/her L2 pragmatic competence. Previous studies lack detailed comparisons of the use of DMs in terms of frequency, variety, and function by a higher exposure group and a lower exposure group of L2 users. Previous studies la…
A contrastive study of discourse markers used by native and Chinese L2 English speakers across speech context
Discourse markers (DMs) are difficult even for advanced L2 speakers compared with L1 speakers because of their special linguistic features. The influence of contextual factors on the use of DMs has not been examined in detail in the literature. The present article investigates the impact of speech contexts (interview vs conversation) on the use of DMs by native and advanced Chinese speakers of English. Data for the study were gathered using indiv…
Social class, language attitudes, and language use
Few previous studies have examined the impact of social class on language attitudes and language use in mainland China. A total of 215 questionnaires were collected from a university in China for this study. The participants were classified into four social classes: upper middle class, middle middle class, lower middle class, and lower class. Then an individual interview was conducted with 10 students. Findings show that the students from the upp…
The use of discourse markers but and so by native English speakers and Chinese speakers of English
Previous studies have found that but and so occur frequently in native and non-native English speakers’ speech and that they are easy to acquire by non-native English speakers. The current study compared ideational and pragmatic functions of but and so by native and non-native speakers of English. Data for the study were gathered using individual sociolinguistic interviews with five native English speakers and ten L1 Chinese speakers. The results…
Psychology (5 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (3 works) · Discourse marker (3 works) · First language (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Mandarin Chinese (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works)