Aug 2026· Pragmatics & Cognition· 0 citations· 29 references
Abstract
This study investigates the second language processing and interpretation of the Japanese reflexive
zibun
‘self’ by Chinese and Korean learners of Japanese. This is motivated by the pragmatic influence on
anaphoric resolution in these three languages, allowing insight into positive pragmatic transfer regarding both the processing and
interpretation of
zibun
. Guided by the Emergentist Reflexivity Approach, these pragmatic effects are manipulated
to affect the learners’ reading of
zibun
, using a self-paced reading experiment with antecedent judgements and
introspective measures. Results show that learners and native speakers alike are influenced by pragmatic factors, but there
appears to be different weighing of cues in the learner groups in their real-time processing. Overall, the data supports the view
of positive pragmatic transfer of anaphoric strategies into the learners’ second language, which in turn supports the idea that
pragmatics regulates reflexive pronouns in these three languages.
This research investigates the influence of Japanese causal expression patterns on their realization in French and English as foreign languages (FFL and EFL), with particular attention to argumentative discourse. Adopting a contrastive framework, it compares the use of the connective kara with parce que in French as we...
C. Darmon, Sophie Otsuru· JALT Postconference Publicat...· 0 citations
Pragmatics is of great importance in the study of linguistics, especially when it comes to interpreting language within a specific context. This article looks at reflexive anaphora in English from a pragmatic and discourse point of view, focusing on the way in which context helps in determining the antecedent of a refl...
Elmira Huseynova, Shalala Mammadli· EuroGlobal Journal of Lingui...· 0 citations
This study investigates how native speakers and second language (L2) learners interpret pronominal forms in French, a non-pro-drop language, and Chinese, a topic-drop language. Focusing on null and overt pronouns, we examine how grammatical principles and discourse-level factors influence pronoun resolution in anaphori...
Saveria Colonna, Ching-Chun Wang, C. Vincent et al.· Second Language Research· 0 citations
Fundamental differences exist between the tense-aspect systems of English and Chinese: English primarily expresses temporal meanings through grammatical tense and verbal inflections, whereas Chinese lacks a grammaticalized tense system and relies mainly on aspect markers such as le, zhe, and guo, together with lexical...
Chen-Chen Yang· Advances in Humanities Resea...· 0 citations
Using the HSK Dynamic Composition Corpus 3.0, this study examines 541 instances of object omission in Chinese compositions written by Japanese and Korean learners. The screened sample contains 277 instances from Japanese learners and 264 from Korean learners. Nominal objects account for 487 cases (90.02%), including 32...
Wen-Pan Guo· Global Education Ecology· 0 citations
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