The present study focusses on evaluative adjectives used by learners of English to express positive or negative attitudes. The data are taken from the Louvain International Database of Spoken English Interlanguage (LINDSEI). The aim of this research paper is to assess learners’ lexical repertoire, as well as preferred and dispreferred choices in the use of evaluative adjectives. The data extracted from three sub-corpora will be compared, limiting the investigation to learners of English who are native speakers of Romance languages, i.e. Italian, French and Spanish.
Evaluative adjectives in learner English
PULCINI, Virginia
2012-01-01
Abstract
The present study focusses on evaluative adjectives used by learners of English to express positive or negative attitudes. The data are taken from the Louvain International Database of Spoken English Interlanguage (LINDSEI). The aim of this research paper is to assess learners’ lexical repertoire, as well as preferred and dispreferred choices in the use of evaluative adjectives. The data extracted from three sub-corpora will be compared, limiting the investigation to learners of English who are native speakers of Romance languages, i.e. Italian, French and Spanish.
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