英語学習者のストーリーテリングにおける指示表現の実証研究 : センタリング理論を分析の手がかりとして

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This study investigates English learner use of referential expressions based on the Centering Theory, which is a model of cohesion and salience that is said to constrain the surface form of certain noun phrases in processing utterances. The main questions addressed are: (1) how the learners create coherence, (2) how the learners distribute referential expressions and (3) whether the way the learners use referential expressions differ from native English speakers and native Japanese speakers. Fifty willing participants were asked to tell a story of Momotaro looking at a sequence of pictures, and the data recorded were transcribed. The results show that the way English learners create coherence differs between English and Japanese speakers. Even advanced learners have difficulty creating coherence smoothly. In addition, the choice of the surface form (nouns and (zero) pronouns) by English learners has similar tendencies with native Japanese speakers. In particular, beginners transferred features of spoken Japanese into their speech, and employed referential expressions inappropriately. We need to look more closely at the data qualitatively rather than quantitatively.
社団法人大学英語教育学会の論文
2003-06-30