The Markedness in Acquiring Do-support in Negation and Inversion by Adult Native-Arabic Speakers Learning English

AL-Makatrah, Elham Salem; Yasin, Mohamad Subakir Mohd; Sulaiman, Md. Nasir; Al-Khawaldeh, Mohammad Irshaid

doi:10.17576/3l-2017-2304-11

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“…In addition to the above conditions, there is one more condition in which the base form is used, i.e., after do-support, both in emphatic sentences and negative constructions in the present tense (Al-Makatrah, Yasin, Sulaiman, & Al-Khawaldeh, 2017).…”

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Transitivity of Try and V Construction in British and American English

Mustafa

Yusuf

2021

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Try and V construction is prevalent in British and American English. This construction is found in both spoken and written English, although with different frequencies. The verb in this construction only appears in in the base form. The lack of research on this verb formation leaves many aspects unexplored, one of which is the transitivity of the verb. Therefore, this study is intended to find out the number of arguments informed by this construction by matching the number of arguments to the verb try and the verb following it after the conjunction and. Two verbs were used to test this match, i.e., give and bring, which are three-place predicate verbs, and other two two-place predicate verbs, i.e., see and answer, were used to validate the finding. British National Corpus (BNC) and Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) were used to collect the data. The findings show that the number of arguments matched the verb following the conjunction and. Therefore, it can be concluded the number of arguments in try and V construction is not unique to this construction, but it is similar to the try to V, where V is the non-finite verb which selects the number of arguments. This result suggests that try and V construction needs to be included in English grammar textbooks in order that non-native speakers can use and understand this rare grammatical rule in appropriate contexts.

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Transitivity of Try and V Construction in British and American English

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Yusuf

2021

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“…Chaudron & Parker proves that when Japanese learners of English were studying noun phrases, they first acquired the least marked structural forms and then moved on to the more marked ones, and the use of structurally more marked phrases occur more frequently as they progress in English [5]. AL-Makatrah et al demonstrates that Arabic learners make more mistakes on do-support than BE and HAVE because do-support is more marked and thus more difficult to master, even though the advanced learners who seem to master these three auxiliaries commit the most errors in regard to the usage of dosupport [6]. Li studies Chinese students' usage of relative clause and reveals that they would avoid using more marked types [7].…”

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A Markedness Differential Approach Towards the Acquisition of English Locative Inversion for Chinese L2 Learners

Song¹

2022

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research

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The research is an exploration of Chinese ESL learners using locative inversion from the perspective of "markedness". The participants were demanded to translate sentences in Chinese to English, all of which can be translated to either sentences using locative inversion or canonical order. The results show that Chinese learners can use locative inversion correctly and more often, which is contrary to the prediction of Markedness Differential Hypothesis that the more marked structure in target language will be difficult to learn. It is due to the influence of Chinese, which makes it easy for them to understand and use locative inversion in English. However, it is still necessary to master specific grammar rules in order to use it properly. The paper suggests that an unmarked feature in L1 can transfer to L2, though it is marked in L2. However, to fully master the structure in L2 requires efforts.

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The Markedness in Acquiring Do-support in Negation and Inversion by Adult Native-Arabic Speakers Learning English

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Transitivity of Try and V Construction in British and American English

Transitivity of Try and V Construction in British and American English

A Markedness Differential Approach Towards the Acquisition of English Locative Inversion for Chinese L2 Learners

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