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4 . Characteristics of ELF ( 2 ) - lexicogrammar

English as a lingua franca. 4 . Characteristics of ELF ( 2 ) - lexicogrammar. Lingua Inglese 2 LM 2013-14 modulo B. Typical ELF lexicogrammar ( Mauranen ). regularisation of verbs: teach ed , stuck ed uncountable/countable: furniture s , research es

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4 . Characteristics of ELF ( 2 ) - lexicogrammar

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  1. English as a lingua franca 4. Characteristicsof ELF (2) - lexicogrammar Lingua Inglese 2 LM 2013-14 modulo B

  2. Typical ELF lexicogrammar (Mauranen) • regularisation of verbs:teached, stucked • uncountable/countable:furnitures, researches • non standard use of articlesin Polish language, of the Wilson’s disease • non standard use of prepositionsdiscuss about, obsession in, we’re dealing what is science

  3. Intelligibility of ELF grammar 1 Approximate use of prepositions does not cause misunderstanding: • …afterthatyou can nicelyfocus toeven a veryverylimitedaspect... • youhavean intuitive interest on a topic and then… • ... simplygive up this community community comparison and erbesatisfied at the policy policy level • wehavetodiscussmore aboutthiskindoftheoreticalquestions

  4. Intelligibility of ELF grammar 2 The following do not cause misunderstanding: lackof agreement • i’mreallyinterested in ermhowthingsiscontinuingthere tenseslips • …if i got some , erifi getthe chance tomadea case study… nonstandardquantifiers • …themoleculethatbinderbind the iron or makeitincrease the erthe numberofironthatyoulost

  5. Intelligibility of ELF grammar 3 The following do not cause misunderstanding: non-standard interrogative • youtrytotoseehowis the tissue • whatyou can seehere in thispicture? • I don’tremember do you, whatsays the book? missinginflection • soitsomehowhavetoshow so so some sortofanachievement... non-standard–ingforms • thatwasalsodepending on just a coupleofvotes

  6. Why/how are “mistakes” intelligible? Approximateitems are understoodif: • theygive a sufficienthintofwhat the target item mightbe(cf. discussabout) • the contextsuppliesenough backup toenablerecognition

  7. Collocationfrequency– ENL and ELF ELF (ELFA) ENL (MICASE) 1. I don’tknow I don’tknow 2. a lotof a lotof 3. I thinkthatoneof the 4. oneof the a little bit 5. and so on youhaveto 6. youhavetothisis the 7. thereis a thisis a 8. I thinkit’s in termsof 9. the the the I don’tthink 10. a little bit some of the

  8. Collocationfrequency– ENL and ELF ELF (ELFA) ENL (MICASE) 1. I don’tknow I don’tknow 2. a lotof a lotof 3. I thinkthatoneof the 4. oneof the a little bit 5. and so on youhaveto 6. youhavetothisis the 7. thereis a thisis a 8. I thinkit’s in termsof 9. the the the I don’tthink 10. a little bit some of the

  9. Collocationfrequency– ENL and ELF ELF (ELFA) ENL (MICASE) 1. I don’tknow I don’tknow 2. a lotof a lotof 3. I thinkthatoneof the 4. oneof the a little bit 5. and so on youhaveto 6. youhavetothisis the 7. thereis a thisis a 8. I thinkit’s in termsof 9. the the the I don’tthink 10. a little bit some of the

  10. Collocationfrequency– ENL and ELF ELF (ELFA) ENL (MICASE) 1. I don’tknow I don’tknow 2. a lotof a lotof 3. I thinkthatoneof the 4. oneof the a little bit 5. and so on youhaveto 6. youhavetothisis the 7. thereis a thisis a 8. I thinkit’s in termsof 9. the the the I don’tthink 10. a little bit some of the

  11. Multi-word units/phraseology Multi-word units = collocations, e.g. take it easy Multi-word units = idioms e.g. as good as gold • MWU’s in all languages: • are frequent • contribute to fluency and predictability • combine lexis and structure Article and prepositions are often part of these MWU’s: e.g. to put an end to

  12. Typical ELF multi-word units ELF phraseologicalunits are frequently non-standard • …takecloser look tothe world • ... i thinkthaton the end somehow the lawhashad some results • …howto put the end on it • …it’son the worstduring the first week • ... clasheswith soviet unionwasin the matteroffewinches

  13. Typical ELF multi-word units In ELF the lexis of MFU’s stays the same and the structural elements (e.g. articles and prepositions) can vary without making the MWU less intelligible to put an end to it (ENL) to put the end on it (ELF)

  14. ELF – blending in MFU‘s S1: butthatwouldallower people more timeto do whatever S2: yeahbut i in mypointofviewthatwasreallygood [because] S3: [yeah] • in myview+ frommypointofview -> a blend, notsimplification if in-, interest ermin mypointofviewin in thiskindofusage. b [hm] forexamplein mypointofviewdaddiesalwayscookwhat newglobalisationin mypointofviewerbut on the otherhand i hateveryeahbut i in mypointofviewthatwasreallygood [beca can besaid and eron mypointofviewer i willsaythat the secon market regulationon mypointofvieware the third world countrie nwehavewhere , on mypointofviewmyhumblepointofview i nsifies , the world on mypointofviewifyouwantwe can open fo

  15. ENL v ELF - phraseology ENL corpus forwordsabout gonna saya fewwordsaboutwhythisproblemisdifficult let me saya fewwordsaboutthe solution. um... in my oncludewitha fewwordsaboutHilbert and hisproblems. just a fewwordsaboutthe planning committeeum solve, and a fewwordsaboutthe solution, and thentowards In ENL “wordsabout” collocateswith “a few” toform the fixed cluster “a fewwordsabout”

  16. ENL v ELF - phraseology ELF corpus forwordsabout some wordsabout (9) a fewwordsabout (7) fewwordsabout (6) a coupleofwordsabout (1) • more variationthan in ENL • break-up ofan ENL fixed cluster

  17. ENL v ELF phraseology ELF the preferred pattern issome wordsabout(9) haveyouhavedone , thensome wordsaboutthe thicknessof the en ifwe open book ersaysome wordsaboutthe nomenclature u are (xx).(xxxx) okay ersome wordsaboutthe state of the art in ifiedwithexperiments and some wordsabouter the aspects the uencesofer the past , nowsome wordsaboutthe problem (xx) 'm at last i'mgoingto , saysome wordsaboutthe library yeahmostimportantthensome wordsaboutapp-theoretical Speaking ELF generates new phraseological preferences

  18. ELF phraseology ELF concordanceformatteroffact pite some difficultiesthatas the matteroffactthey come across en in finland , heinventedas the matteroffactermanyinitiatives ontroversialerstatementsas the matteroffactersovietswere theydidthey solve it no , as the matteroffactnone none havebeen nserer i i i when i lectureas the matteroffactthesetopics i erm ndyetermsomethingthatas the matteroffactervery bad erm and ntest in thiscontextermisas the matteroffactindirectlyempirical data erm and i didas the matteroffacterm i didlecturens well the democracywillas the matteroffactfunctionwell , well nomicallytheir economy isas the matteroffactverymuch don’thave (xx) butthereisas the matteroffactin (xx) there are erbutthereyouhaveas the matteroffacti meanwhen

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