The Impact of Prototypicality Judgement on Syntactic Transfer: A Case Study of Second Year University Students of English

امحمدي نذير; بوكليخة قراية وسيلة

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The Impact of Prototypicality Judgement on Syntactic Transfer: A Case Study of Second Year University Students of English

Authors:

امحمدي نذير | بوكليخة قراية وسيلة

Publisher:

Université Badji Moktar de Annaba

Journal:

في الترجمة Vol.8 Issue 1, pp.412-429

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2021

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001504315

pISSN:

2602-6902

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Abstract:

 The analysis of transfer involves determining the way different factors interplay in shaping multilinguistic competence. The present study aims at investigating the impact of prototypicality on syntactic transfer. The study adopts a qualitative approach where data is collected from the written composition of 40 students of English at Laghouat University. The first step is the analysis and categorisation of errors. The students’ judgements of prototypicality are measured through individualised questionnaires. The findings of the study indicate that there are some patterns to the learners’ syntactic errors; part of these errors is attributable to transfer from the mother tongue. The findings also reveal that learners’ awareness about syntactic markedness in their mother tongue has a direct impact on reduction of transfer. One major implication is teaching practices that take into account explicit consciousness raising activities that are built on contrastive analyses of markedness.

Article Details

The Impact of Prototypicality Judgement on Syntactic Transfer: A Case Study of Second Year University Students of English

Authors:

امحمدي نذير | بوكليخة قراية وسيلة

Publisher:

Université Badji Moktar de Annaba

Journal:

في الترجمة Vol.8 Issue 1, pp.412-429

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2021

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001504315

pISSN:

2602-6902

transfer

crosslinguistic influence

prototypicality

markedness

consciousness raising

Issues

Article Details

The Impact of Prototypicality Judgement on Syntactic Transfer: A Case Study of Second Year University Students of English

Authors: امحمدي نذير | بوكليخة قراية وسيلة

Publisher: Université Badji Moktar de Annaba

Journal: في الترجمة Vol.8 Issue 1, pp.412-429

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 12/2021

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001504315

pISSN: 2602-6902

transfer

crosslinguistic influence

prototypicality

markedness

consciousness raising

Issues

Authors:

امحمدي نذير | بوكليخة قراية وسيلة

Publisher:

Université Badji Moktar de Annaba

Journal:

في الترجمة Vol.8 Issue 1, pp.412-429

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2021

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001504315

pISSN:

2602-6902