Abstract
This article seeks to demonstrate the predictive and diagnostic
power of the integrated approach that combines contrastive corpus
linguistics with interlanguage analysis in second language
acquisition research, via a case study of passive constructions in
Chinese learner English. The type of corpora used in contrastive
corpus linguistics is first discussed, which is followed by a
summary of the findings from a published contrastive study of
passive constructions in English and Chinese based on comparable
corpora of the two languages. These findings are in turn used to
predict and diagnose the performance of Chinese learners of
English in their use of English passives as mirrored in a sizeable
Chinese learner English corpus in comparison with a comparable
native English corpus.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - May 2007 |