A Corpus-based Study on use of Copular Verbs by Chinese School Children Learning English in China

Ailing Du*
*Lecturer, Faculty of International Studies, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China.
Periodicity:October - December'2011
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jelt.1.4.1602

Abstract

By adopting corpus-based approach in this research study, we examined the various aspects of the copular verbs used by Chinese school children learning English. This study revealed that Chinese school children use copular verbs less frequently than native English speakers; they select a limited variety of copular verbs and less often use complements after most of those copular verbs which most often lack variety as well. We also made an attempt to explore relevant factors causing such differences among English learners in China and studied the related implications and limitations to these effects.

Keywords

Copular verbs; Chinese school children learning English; Corpus based study; Semantic features; Syntactic functions;

How to Cite this Article?

Du, A. (2011). A Corpus-Based Study On Use Of Copular Verbs By Chinese School Children Learning English In China. i-manager’s Journal on English Language Teaching, 1(4), 33-39. https://doi.org/10.26634/jelt.1.4.1602

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