LINGUIST List 30.3293
Mon Sep 02 2019
Diss: Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Serap Atasever Belli: ''An Analysis of Factive Cognitive Verb Complementation Patterns Used by ELT Students''
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Date: 29-Aug-2019
From: Serap Atasever Belli <serapataseverr
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Subject: An Analysis of Factive Cognitive Verb Complementation Patterns Used by ELT Students
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Program: English Language Teaching
Dissertation Status: Completed
Degree Date: 2019
Author: Serap Atasever Belli
Dissertation Title: An Analysis of Factive Cognitive Verb Complementation Patterns Used by ELT Students
Dissertation URL:
https://tez.yok.gov.tr/UlusalTezMerkezi/TezGoster?key=Mir2lXQK1dkmQ9Ige3PZbg9QMBPZ23HbQLv3xSW9B095Si9RrGN6-wAptZEF1Qz9 Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
Language Acquisition
Text/Corpus Linguistics
Dissertation Director:
İlknur KEÇİK
Dissertation Abstract:
The current research aimed to explore Turkish L2 learners’ receptive and productive knowledge of factive cognitive verb complementation in terms of complementation patterns and senses.
For the purposes of the research, embedded mixed- methods research design was adopted by using both qualitative and quantitative methods. Participants of the study consisted of 269 Turkish learners of English majoring in ELT program. Data were collected through four types of tests developed based on Valency Dictionary of English (Herbst, Heath, Roe, and Götz, 2004) to measure L2 learners’ state of knowledge through Grammaticality Judgment Test and Fill-in-the Blank Test and to reveal choices of patterns and senses through Sentence Completion Test and Free- Production Test based on extracts from Corpus of Contemporary American English. Data were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively through the identification of patterns and senses, calculation of raw and mean scores and statistical tests.
The results of the study yielded the significant effect of word-level on L2 learners’ recognition and production of verb complementation. The correct choices of L2 learners yielded the use of the verbs in very restricted sense with limited types of patterns (i.e. predominantly noun phrases). The incorrect choices included the wrong choices of various patterns especially prepositional phrases (for/about/of/from Noun Phrases/V-ing) with regret. Besides, various problems were observed such as the mismatch between the complementation pattern and verb sense, incorrect verb sense use and the problematic use of wh-CL complementation pattern. This study is hoped to provide valuable insights into L2 learners’ interlanguage development through their correct, incorrect and problematic uses of verb complementation.
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