Exploring the cross-linguistic functioning of the Principles of WH-Movements: The case of Pakistani ESL learners
AbstractThis is a cross-linguistic study conducted with Pakistani learners of English in the classroom setting. This study aimed to explore whether the UG Principles of WH-movement supported or restricted Urdu-speaking learners in forming direct WH-questions in English. For data collection, a sample...
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| description | AbstractThis is a cross-linguistic study conducted with Pakistani learners of English in the classroom setting. This study aimed to explore whether the UG Principles of WH-movement supported or restricted Urdu-speaking learners in forming direct WH-questions in English. For data collection, a sample of 260 students was selected using convenience sampling from ten (10) private and four (04) public sector secondary schools from Lahore. To address the research questions of this study, frequency data were collected through Grammaticality judgment Tasks with thirty-six (36) WH-questions in Urdu. Each Urdu sentence is followed by two English translations (T1 & T2). The statistical analysis showed that UG Principles of WH-movement were fully available to Pakistani ESL learners whose L1 was Urdu. The study has important implications for the UG researchers in that more cross-linguistic studies are needed to verify Chomsky’s Hypothesized UG regarding non-English languages. The study also suggests revisiting the Critical Period Hypothesis. Besides, the teachers and materials developers of English grammar in non-native settings like Pakistan should rethink the role of direct instruction of rules and carrier content in teaching WH-questions to learners of English as a second language. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2e61c63a796f432baead16b943f870382023-12-03T02:14:21ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Arts & Humanities2331-19832023-12-0110110.1080/23311983.2023.2174518Exploring the cross-linguistic functioning of the Principles of WH-Movements: The case of Pakistani ESL learnersSidra Haroon0Muhammad Aslam1Tahir Saleem2Department of Linguistics and Communication, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, PakistanDepartment of English Language Teaching and Linguistics, IER, University of the Punjab, Lahore, PakistanDepartment of English, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, PakistanAbstractThis is a cross-linguistic study conducted with Pakistani learners of English in the classroom setting. This study aimed to explore whether the UG Principles of WH-movement supported or restricted Urdu-speaking learners in forming direct WH-questions in English. For data collection, a sample of 260 students was selected using convenience sampling from ten (10) private and four (04) public sector secondary schools from Lahore. To address the research questions of this study, frequency data were collected through Grammaticality judgment Tasks with thirty-six (36) WH-questions in Urdu. Each Urdu sentence is followed by two English translations (T1 & T2). The statistical analysis showed that UG Principles of WH-movement were fully available to Pakistani ESL learners whose L1 was Urdu. The study has important implications for the UG researchers in that more cross-linguistic studies are needed to verify Chomsky’s Hypothesized UG regarding non-English languages. The study also suggests revisiting the Critical Period Hypothesis. Besides, the teachers and materials developers of English grammar in non-native settings like Pakistan should rethink the role of direct instruction of rules and carrier content in teaching WH-questions to learners of English as a second language.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2023.2174518cross-linguistic approach to WH-movementlanguage input and UGparameter settingUG in the instructed SLA |
| spellingShingle | Sidra Haroon Muhammad Aslam Tahir Saleem Exploring the cross-linguistic functioning of the Principles of WH-Movements: The case of Pakistani ESL learners Cogent Arts & Humanities cross-linguistic approach to WH-movement language input and UG parameter setting UG in the instructed SLA |
| title | Exploring the cross-linguistic functioning of the Principles of WH-Movements: The case of Pakistani ESL learners |
| title_full | Exploring the cross-linguistic functioning of the Principles of WH-Movements: The case of Pakistani ESL learners |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the cross-linguistic functioning of the Principles of WH-Movements: The case of Pakistani ESL learners |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the cross-linguistic functioning of the Principles of WH-Movements: The case of Pakistani ESL learners |
| title_short | Exploring the cross-linguistic functioning of the Principles of WH-Movements: The case of Pakistani ESL learners |
| title_sort | exploring the cross linguistic functioning of the principles of wh movements the case of pakistani esl learners |
| topic | cross-linguistic approach to WH-movement language input and UG parameter setting UG in the instructed SLA |
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