Persistence of the implicit influence of NL
The case of the pseudo-passive
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22871434 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zhanwen Han (0000-0001-9204-7778, Columbia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 78-105 |
| Publication date | 2000-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Applied Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-6001 • E-ISSN: 1477-450X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/applin/21.1.78 |
| OpenAlex | W2055149488 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
This paper re-examines the case of the 'pseudo-passive', an interlanguage structure considered to be typical of L1-Chinese learners of L2 English (Schachter and Rutherford 1979; Rutherford 1983; Yip and Matthews 1995). Earlier approaches to the analysis of the structure, i.e. typological (Schachter and Rutherford 1979; Rutherford 1983) and syntactic (Yip 1995; Yip and Matthews 1995), are reviewed and an alternative approach, i.e. discourse-syntactic, is proposed to bridge a methodological gap left from the earlier studies. this approach is subsequently adopted for analysing the structure found in a two-year longitudinal database consisting of the written data produced independently by two adult speakers of advanced L1-Chinese-L2 English interlanguage. The study shows that the pseudo-passive is driven by a topic-comment function and structure in the L1, which confirms the understanding reached by the earlier research. More importantly, however, it provides evidence that the 'pseudo-passive' is reincarnated into a target-like passive as a result of increased syntacticization, thereby showing the persistence of the L1 influence.
Applied linguistics · Art · Columbia university · Computational linguistics · Library science · Linguistics · Media studies · Persistence (discontinuity) · Sociology · The arts · Visual arts · Computer Science · Digital Communication and Language · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Engineering · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.42 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2024 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |