Second Language Writers' Text
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Second Language Writers' Text

Linguistic and Rhetorical Features

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Second Language Writers' Text

Linguistic and Rhetorical Features

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This comprehensive and detailed analysis of second language writers' text identifies explicitly and quantifiably where their text differs from that of native speakers of English. The book is based on the results of a large-scale study of university-level native-speaker and non-native-speaker essays written in response to six prompts. Specifically, the research investigates the frequencies of uses of 68 linguistic (syntactic and lexical) and rhetorical features in essays written by advanced non-native speakers compared with those in the essays of native speakers enrolled in first-year composition courses. The selection of features for inclusion in this analysis is based on their textual functions and meanings, as identified in earlier research on English language grammar and lexis. Such analysis is valuable because it can inform the teaching of grammar and lexis, as well as discourse, and serve as a basis for second language curriculum and course design; and provide valuable insight for second language pedagogical applications of the study's findings.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2002
ISBN
9781135646530
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. I Background: Research in Text and Written Discourse
  9. II Common Linguistic and Rhetorical Features of Academic ESL Text
  10. III The Effect of Prompts on ESL Text
  11. IV Conclusion
  12. Appendix A. Rank-Order of Median Frequency Rates of Linguistic Features in NS and NNS Texts
  13. Appendix B. Comparisons of Common Linguistic and Rhetorical Features in Academic Essays Across Prompts By L1 groups
  14. Glossary
  15. References
  16. Author Index
  17. Subject Index