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'Roger Broke His Tooth. 'However,' He Went to the Dentist': Why Some Readers Struggle to Evaluate Wrong (and Right) Uses of Connectives
| العنوان: | 'Roger Broke His Tooth. 'However,' He Went to the Dentist': Why Some Readers Struggle to Evaluate Wrong (and Right) Uses of Connectives |
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| اللغة: | English |
| المؤلفون: | Zufferey, Sandrine (ORCID |
| المصدر: | Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal. 2020 57(2):184-200. |
| الاتاحة: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 17 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2020 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Language Usage, Form Classes (Languages), Discourse Analysis, Adults, Native Language, Written Language, Word Frequency, Tests, Grammar, Correlation, Speech Communication, Difficulty Level, French, Task Analysis, Reading Processes, Language Processing, Error Patterns, Authors, Decision Making, Item Analysis |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0163853X.2019.1607446 |
| تدمد: | 0163-853X |
| مستخلص: | Understanding discourse connectives is an important step to achieving effective verbal communication. Yet, the ability of adult native speakers to understand the broad range of connectives found in most Indo-European languages has seldom been assessed. In this article we demonstrate that some adults have difficulties recognizing correct and incorrect uses of connectives in their native language. In Experiment 1 we show that adults have a lower ability to understand less frequently used connectives from the written mode than more frequently used ones. We also report that such an ability depends on participants' exposure to print (as measured by the Author Recognition Test), in turn correlating with higher general grammatical competence. In Experiment 2 we find that the performance of an adult increases with connectives that are used in both speech and writing, although differences are still present between connectives and between participants differently exposed to print. We conclude that connectives represent an area of complexity for some adults with less exposure to print and poorer grammatical competences. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2020 |
| رقم الانضمام: | EJ1240291 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
| تدمد: | 0163-853X |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/0163853X.2019.1607446 |