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Errors of Creativity: An Analysis of Lexical Errors Committed by Chinese ESL Students [Hardback]

  • Formāts: Hardback, 144 pages, height x width x depth: 223x142x16 mm, weight: 281 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 23-Oct-2001
  • Izdevniecība: University Press of America
  • ISBN-10: 0761820264
  • ISBN-13: 9780761820260
  • Formāts: Hardback, 144 pages, height x width x depth: 223x142x16 mm, weight: 281 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 23-Oct-2001
  • Izdevniecība: University Press of America
  • ISBN-10: 0761820264
  • ISBN-13: 9780761820260
Errors of Creativity presents an in-depth analysis of both the sources and characteristics of lexical errors committed by Chinese college students who major in English language. Using theories of the semantic field and componential analysis as the theoretical basis, Errors of Creativity gives new insight into the specific area of error analysis, as well as to the theory and practice of L2 acquisition.

Recenzijas

The combination of a solid theoretical base and a reliable source of data results in the findings, which contribute something valuable to the specific area of error analysis, as well as to the theory and practice of L2 acquisition. * Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts * The combination of a solid theoretical base and a reliable source of data results in the findings, which contribute something valuable to the specific area of error analysis, as well as to the theory and practice of L2 acquisition. * Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts *

List of tables
vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction
1(8)
Background information on EFL students in China
3(6)
Teaching of English prior to higher education
4(1)
Teaching of English in colleges and universities
5(2)
Teaching of English at foreign languages universities
7(2)
Theories of error analysis
9(22)
Theories of second language acquisition
9(5)
The monitor model
10(1)
Meaning-to-Grammar hypothesis
10(1)
A concept-oriented approach
11(1)
The environmental factor
12(2)
Theories of error analysis
14(17)
Acquisition/learning hypothesis
15(1)
Error versus mistake
16(1)
Contrastive analysis
17(2)
Language transfer
19(4)
Non-contrastive analysis
23(1)
Interlanguage
24(2)
Previous studies of error analysis
26(1)
The study of lexical errors
27(4)
Data processing
31(18)
The description of writing courses
31(1)
Data processing
32(17)
Pilot study of the first set of data
32(9)
Processing the second set of data
41(8)
Analysis of lexical errors
49(36)
Semantic field theory
49(5)
Semantic field theory
49(3)
Componential analysis
52(1)
Collocation
53(1)
Classification of lexical errors
54(2)
Framework for analysis
56(1)
General discussion of lexical errors
57(28)
Selection of inappropriate items according to the intended meanings
57(10)
Errors of transitivity/intransitivity
67(7)
Errors of lexical collocation
74(11)
Conclusion and general discussion of the findings
85(22)
Summary of findings
85(1)
Four different situations affecting the acquisition of lexis
86(4)
Lexical errors versus grammatical errors in learner's interlanguage
90(8)
Attitudes toward lexical errors
98(9)
Appendix 1: Sample essays 107(6)
Appendix 2: Lexical errors occurring in all sample essays 113(8)
Bibliography 121(8)
About the Authors 129


Xiao-Ming Yang is Associate Professor of English at Ocean County College in New Jersey. Huaxin Xu is Assistant Professor of English at Salem-Teikyo University.