A Corpus-Based Study of English Demonstratives This and That

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Title:	A Corpus-Based Study of English Demonstratives This and That
Authors:	Kim, Jinsook
Keywords:	linguistics
Date Issued:	01 Apr 2009
Publisher:	University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Department of Linguistics
Citation:	Kim, Jinsook. 2009. A Corpus-Based Study of English Demonstratives This and That. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Working Papers in Linguistics 40(4).
Series:	University of Hawai‘I at Mānoa Working Papers in Linguistics
Abstract:	This study examines the use of the English demonstratives this and that by analyzing spoken corpus data. Despite the simple lexical meanings of the demonstratives, many second language (L2) learners of English have difficulty choosing appropriate forms due to different referential systems in English and their first language (L1). This paper first explains traditional proximal/distal distinctions of English demonstratives and then presents the Givenness Hierarchy (Gundel et al. 1993) and the gradient FOCUS model (Strauss 1993, 2002). Adopting a corpus-based analysis, this study suggests that practical, realistic examples help L2 learners to acquire the proper use of target language forms.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/73225
Rights:	Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License
Volume:	2009
Appears in Collections:	Working Papers in Linguistics - 2009

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