Transfer of Discourse Function: Passives in the Writing of ESL and JSL Learners.

Watabe, Masakazu; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ431412

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Transfer of Discourse Function: Passives in the Writing of ESL and JSL Learners.

Watabe, Masakazu; And Others

IRAL, v29 n2 p115-34 May 1991

Examination and comparison of the forms and functions of the passive structures used by native and second-language writers of English and Japanese yielded strong empirical proof of definite interplay and transfer of native language form and function to the target language, resulting in awkward, if not completely incorrect, sentences. (27 references) (CB)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Japanese, Linguistic Borrowing, Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Transfer of Training, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Verbs, Written Language

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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