Phrasal Verbs in Learner English: A Corpus-based Study of Lithuanian and Polish Learners of English
Phrasal verbs, though very common in the English language, are acknowledged as difficult to acquire by non-native learners of English. The present study examines this issue focusing on two learner groups from different mother tongue backgrounds, i.e. Lithuanian and Polish advanced students of Englis...
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| description | Phrasal verbs, though very common in the English language, are acknowledged as difficult to acquire by non-native learners of English. The present study examines this issue focusing on two learner groups from different mother tongue backgrounds, i.e. Lithuanian and Polish advanced students of English. The analysis is conducted based on Granger's (1996) Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis methodology, investigating the Lithuanian and Polish components of the International Corpus of Learner English, as well as the Louvain Corpus of Native English Essays. The results obtained in the study prove that both learner groups underuse phrasal verbs compared with native English speakers. It is concluded that this could be due to the learners' limited repertoire of phrasal verbs as they employ significantly fewer phrasal verb types than native speakers. Furthermore, it is noticed that learners face similar stylistic, semantic and syntactic difficulties in the use of this language feature. In particular, the analysis shows that such errors might be caused by native language interference, as well as the inherent complexity of phrasal verbs. The present study not only helps to account for the challenges that are common to those language groups which lack phrasal verbs in their linguistic repository, but also provides insights into the understanding of advanced learner language. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5fe2a14219794bf595d11fe516f38cb02022-12-21T21:30:25ZengUniversity of Latvia PressBaltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture1691-99712501-03952020-07-0110365310.22364/BJELLC.10.2020.03Phrasal Verbs in Learner English: A Corpus-based Study of Lithuanian and Polish Learners of EnglishBožena Garbatovič0Jonė Grigaliūnienė1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7476-8600Vilnius UniversityVilnius UniversityPhrasal verbs, though very common in the English language, are acknowledged as difficult to acquire by non-native learners of English. The present study examines this issue focusing on two learner groups from different mother tongue backgrounds, i.e. Lithuanian and Polish advanced students of English. The analysis is conducted based on Granger's (1996) Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis methodology, investigating the Lithuanian and Polish components of the International Corpus of Learner English, as well as the Louvain Corpus of Native English Essays. The results obtained in the study prove that both learner groups underuse phrasal verbs compared with native English speakers. It is concluded that this could be due to the learners' limited repertoire of phrasal verbs as they employ significantly fewer phrasal verb types than native speakers. Furthermore, it is noticed that learners face similar stylistic, semantic and syntactic difficulties in the use of this language feature. In particular, the analysis shows that such errors might be caused by native language interference, as well as the inherent complexity of phrasal verbs. The present study not only helps to account for the challenges that are common to those language groups which lack phrasal verbs in their linguistic repository, but also provides insights into the understanding of advanced learner language.https://www.apgads.lu.lv/fileadmin/user_upload/lu_portal/apgads/PDF/BJELLC/BJELLC_10/BJELLC.10.2020.03.pdfphrasal verbslearner languagecorpus linguisticscontrastive interlanguage analysis |
| spellingShingle | Božena Garbatovič Jonė Grigaliūnienė Phrasal Verbs in Learner English: A Corpus-based Study of Lithuanian and Polish Learners of English Baltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture phrasal verbs learner language corpus linguistics contrastive interlanguage analysis |
| title | Phrasal Verbs in Learner English: A Corpus-based Study of Lithuanian and Polish Learners of English |
| title_full | Phrasal Verbs in Learner English: A Corpus-based Study of Lithuanian and Polish Learners of English |
| title_fullStr | Phrasal Verbs in Learner English: A Corpus-based Study of Lithuanian and Polish Learners of English |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phrasal Verbs in Learner English: A Corpus-based Study of Lithuanian and Polish Learners of English |
| title_short | Phrasal Verbs in Learner English: A Corpus-based Study of Lithuanian and Polish Learners of English |
| title_sort | phrasal verbs in learner english a corpus based study of lithuanian and polish learners of english |
| topic | phrasal verbs learner language corpus linguistics contrastive interlanguage analysis |
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