The use of discourse markers but and so by native English speakers and Chinese speakers of English

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ID14962273
AutoresBinmei Liu (Nankai University, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Páginas479-506
Data de publicação2022-07-06
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPragmatics Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1018-2101 • E-ISSN: 2406-4238
EditoraJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/prag.27.4.01liu
OpenAlexW2766833108
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas31

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 suggest that even though the Chinese speakers of English acquired the ideational functions of but and so as well as the native English speakers, they underused the pragmatic functions of them. The findings indicate that there is still a gap between native and non-native English speakers in communicative competence in the use of but and so . The present study also suggests that speakers’ L1 (Mandarin Chinese) and overall oral proficiency in oral discourse affect their use of but and so

Communicative competence · Discourse marker · First language · Linguistics · Mandarin Chinese · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology

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