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- Title
ORAL NARRATIVE DISCOURSE OF ANAPHORIC REFERENCES OF TURKISH EFL LEARNERS.
- Authors
Genc, Bilal; Bada, Erdogan
- Abstract
Narrative discourse of EFL learners has long been the concern of many studies in the field of applied linguistics. As an extension to such studies, the present research aims to compare the use of reference forms in the oral narratives of Turkish EFL learners and native speakers of English; particularly the study examines the similarities and differences between the use of anaphoric references and the use of definite article the, which is not found in Turkish. A movie was watched by native and non-native English speaking participants. The participants then commented on various themes of the movie. Comments involving anaphoric reference forms were analyzed through SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). Results of the analysis illustrate that native and non-native productions have rather similar nature in terms of type and quantity of anaphoric references. No "such+a(n) noun" or "such+plural noun" references in the narratives were encountered. In addition, Turkish EFL learners' use of the definite article the, which is supposed to be a major obstacle for Turkish speakers of English as an anaphoric reference, exhibits native-like quality, which means that the Turkish EFL learners have overcome this obstacle and mastered the use of the definite article in terms of anaphoric reference use.
- Subjects
RHETORIC; ORAL communication; LINGUISTICS; LANGUAGE &; languages; NARRATIVES
- Publication
Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2006, Vol 6, Issue 2, p135
- ISSN
1533-242X
- Publication type
Article