Grammatical and lexical patterning of make in Asian learner writing: a corpus-based study of ICNALE

This study investigates lexical and grammatical features of the high-frequency verb “make” in English written essays among Asian English as a foreign language (EFL) learners based on the ICNALE, the largest corpora focusing on various Asian learner groups. Examining how lexical and grammatical...

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Main Authors:	Lin, Ching-Hsi, Lin, Yen-Liang
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13994/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13994/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13994/1/32458-110121-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-139942020-01-23T23:55:46Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13994/ Grammatical and lexical patterning of make in Asian learner writing: a corpus-based study of ICNALE Lin, Ching-Hsi Lin, Yen-Liang This study investigates lexical and grammatical features of the high-frequency verb “make” in English written essays among Asian English as a foreign language (EFL) learners based on the ICNALE, the largest corpora focusing on various Asian learner groups. Examining how lexical and grammatical patterning of “make” differ between English native speakers (ENSs) and Asian learners from different countries, this study investigates overuse and misuse patterns of “make” and how they correlate to proficiency. Results show that all Asian learner groups shared similar tendency to use “make” substantially more than ENSs, with producing and causative uses most common and delexical use least common. However, Asian learners tend to produce fewer varieties of delexical uses compared with ENSs. The adjective and verb complements in the causative category by Asian learners also differ from that of ENSs. Rates and types of misuses by Taiwanese learners were independent of proficiency. It is also evident that the high-frequency verb “make” expresses a variety of meanings and there are differences in lexical as well as grammatical patterning between Taiwanese learners and ENSs. Pedagogical implications regarding the use of high-frequency verbs are included in the discussion. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13994/1/32458-110121-1-PB.pdf Lin, Ching-Hsi and Lin, Yen-Liang (2019) Grammatical and lexical patterning of make in Asian learner writing: a corpus-based study of ICNALE. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 25 (3). pp. 1-15. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournals.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1218
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description	This study investigates lexical and grammatical features of the high-frequency verb “make” in English written essays among Asian English as a foreign language (EFL) learners based on the ICNALE, the largest corpora focusing on various Asian learner groups. Examining how lexical and grammatical patterning of “make” differ between English native speakers (ENSs) and Asian learners from different countries, this study investigates overuse and misuse patterns of “make” and how they correlate to proficiency. Results show that all Asian learner groups shared similar tendency to use “make” substantially more than ENSs, with producing and causative uses most common and delexical use least common. However, Asian learners tend to produce fewer varieties of delexical uses compared with ENSs. The adjective and verb complements in the causative category by Asian learners also differ from that of ENSs. Rates and types of misuses by Taiwanese learners were independent of proficiency. It is also evident that the high-frequency verb “make” expresses a variety of meanings and there are differences in lexical as well as grammatical patterning between Taiwanese learners and ENSs. Pedagogical implications regarding the use of high-frequency verbs are included in the discussion.
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author	Lin, Ching-Hsi Lin, Yen-Liang
spellingShingle	Lin, Ching-Hsi Lin, Yen-Liang Grammatical and lexical patterning of make in Asian learner writing: a corpus-based study of ICNALE
author_facet	Lin, Ching-Hsi Lin, Yen-Liang
author_sort	Lin, Ching-Hsi
title	Grammatical and lexical patterning of make in Asian learner writing: a corpus-based study of ICNALE
title_short	Grammatical and lexical patterning of make in Asian learner writing: a corpus-based study of ICNALE
title_full	Grammatical and lexical patterning of make in Asian learner writing: a corpus-based study of ICNALE
title_fullStr	Grammatical and lexical patterning of make in Asian learner writing: a corpus-based study of ICNALE
title_full_unstemmed	Grammatical and lexical patterning of make in Asian learner writing: a corpus-based study of ICNALE
title_sort	grammatical and lexical patterning of make in asian learner writing: a corpus-based study of icnale
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2019
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13994/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13994/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13994/1/32458-110121-1-PB.pdf
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Grammatical and lexical patterning of make in Asian learner writing: a corpus-based study of ICNALE

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