Title of article
An Analysis of the Use of Demonstratives in Argumentative Discourse by Chinese EFL Learners
Author/Authors
Zhang ، Jing School of Foreign Languages and Literature - Shandong University
Pages
6
From page
460
To page
465
Abstract
The present study aims to investigate the use of demonstratives in argumentative writing by Chinese EFL learners. A corpus based study was conducted. In this study, demonstratives this, that, these, those, as well as it were tagged and analyzed. By the quantitative and qualitative analysis, the study shows the general features and typical errors of learners in using demonstratives. Some pedagogical suggestions are raised as well.
Keywords
demonstratives , argumentative writing , corpus , EFL writing
Journal title
Journal of Language Teaching and Research
Serial Year
2015
Journal title
Journal of Language Teaching and Research
Record number
2482809
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