A Corpus-Based Analysis of the Korean EFL Learners’ Use of Evaluative Adjectives

• 영문명: A Corpus-Based Analysis of the Korean EFL Learners’ Use of Evaluative Adjectives
• 발행기관: 한국외국어교육학회
• 저자명: Eun-Joo Lee(이은주)
• 간행물 정보: 『Foreign Languages Education』Vol.14 No.4, 73~92쪽, 전체 20쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2007.12.30

영문 초록

  The present study conducted a comparative analysis of use of evaluative adjectives in the essays of Korean EFL learners and native speakers of English. It discussed the characteristics of different types of evaluative adjectives, e.g., frequency, semantic categories, and collocational value of evaluative adjectives. The result of the frequency analysis demonstrates Korean EFL learners’ significant overuse of the limited types of the target items. The analysis of evaluative adjectives by semantic categories shows the similar tendency. For example, the repeated use of a small number of assessment adjectives resulted in the high frequency of adjectives in the assessment category. The present study also demonstrates the collocational associations between the selected evaluative adjectives and intensifiers in the corpus. The descriptive results of the analysis of collocational information indicate that learners employed a less formal/spoken style in the written corpus. As Blagoeva (2004) noted, the differences between the Korean EFL learners and native speakers of English in the characteristics of evaluative expressions might not directly obstruct communication but it is an indication that there is still much to be done in the development of second/foreign language skills.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction
Ⅱ. Literature Review
Ⅲ. Method
Ⅳ. Results and Discussion
Ⅴ. Conclusion
References

키워드

computer learner corpora LOCNESS written corpus evaluative adjective collocation mutual Information 컴퓨터학습자코퍼스 루벵원어민코퍼스 문어코퍼스 평가 형용사 연어 상호정보