The Use of Discourse Markers in Chinese EFL

Why DMs? DM use in NS’ English speech Contents DM use in CHN learner’s

• A bibliography of DM research • Other aspects of corpus-based or –informed

Lexical orality in NS’ English speech 英语口语的词汇特征 • Step 01 • Wordlist and keyword

Lexical orality in NS English speech 英语口语的词汇特征 • Step 01 ICE-GB-Spoken keyword list icespvsbnc.

Lexical orality in NS English speech 英语口语的词汇特征 • Step 02 Collocational behavior of the

Taxonomy of DMs • Filled pause: Hesitation markers • --cognitive constraints • Attracting attention

My version of DMs • Continuum perspective • Cognitive constraints uh, um etc •

My version of DMs • Continuum perspective uh well/you see/I mean and/so/but 15

Discourse marker Search Words • Step 03 • Plain text file of discourse markers

Contrastive study of DMs between SECCL and ICE-GB-SP • Step 05 • Chi-square test

A quick summary • Introducing DMs • How DMs stand out of English speech

Other aspects of corpus-based discourse-pragmatic research • • Expressions of gratitude Speech act Genre

Discouse_NN 1 marker_NN 1 use_NN 1 in_II Chinese_JJ learners’_NN 2 speech_NN 1 Xu Jiajin

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The Use of Discourse Markers in Chinese EFL Learners’ Speech Xu Jiajin Beijing Foreign Studies University

Why DMs? DM use in NS’ English speech Contents DM use in CHN learner’s speech DM extraction Comparison of DM use 3

• A bibliography of DM research • Other aspects of corpus-based or –informed discourse-pragmatic research • Discourse markers are as important by any other name. 4

Lexical orality in NS’ English speech 英语口语的词汇特征 • Step 01 • Wordlist and keyword list generation • ICE-GB-Spoken 600, 000 words • The entire BNC World 100 m words • icespvsbnc. kws 5

Lexical orality in NS English speech 英语口语的词汇特征 • Step 01 ICE-GB-Spoken keyword list icespvsbnc. kws • UH, UHM, I, YOU, IT, YES, YEAH, THAT, THINK, MEAN, WELL, OK, KNOW, SORT, SO, OH, REALLY, RIGHT, ACTUALLY etc 6

Lexical orality in NS English speech 英语口语的词汇特征 • Step 02 Collocational behavior of the keywords in ICE-GB-Spoken • [Concord]-[file-based search][Compute-Cluster] • 1 -3 word clusters • DM search word (SW) list 7

Taxonomy of DMs • Filled pause: Hesitation markers • --cognitive constraints • Attracting attention or starting a new topic • Ending conversation • 中国学生很不善于开启、延续话题方便的 discourse技巧 • 老师教了I’ve got to go now. 8

My version of DMs • Continuum perspective • Cognitive constraints uh, um etc • Interpersonal ties well, you see • Textual hinges or joints connectives 14

My version of DMs • Continuum perspective uh well/you see/I mean and/so/but 15

Discourse marker Search Words • Step 03 • Plain text file of discourse markers • Step 04 • File-based search with discmark. txt in SECCL • File-based search with discmark. txt in ICE-GB-Spoken 17

Contrastive study of DMs between SECCL and ICE-GB-SP • Step 05 • Chi-square test in SPSS • Step 06 • Interpretation and analysis • Implications for pedagogy • Touchstone I mean etc 18

A quick summary • Introducing DMs • How DMs stand out of English speech 19

Other aspects of corpus-based discourse-pragmatic research • • Expressions of gratitude Speech act Genre analysis Code-switching Repair Kennedy Page 176 ff Discourse items 20

Thank you! 21

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