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Rhetorical structure analysis of prepared speeches and argumentative essays by Chinese advanced English learners
文献类型：期刊
通讯作者：Wang, YM (reprint author), Renmin Univ China, Sch Foreign Languages, Beijing 100872, Peoples R China.
期刊名称：TEXT & TALK
年：2020
卷：40
期：2
页码：219-240
ISSN：1860-7330
关键词：Rhetorical Structure Theory; argumentative discourse; rhetorical situation; EFL writing; rhetorical relation; rhetorical structure
所属部门：外国语学院
摘要：This study focuses on the interrelationship between modes of argumentation and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' rhetorical strategies, by adopting the analytical framework of Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) to produce reliable analyses of rhetorical structures of two most frequently required tasks in the Chinese context. The sample texts consist of 20 prepared speeches and 20 argumentative essays, both written by Chinese advanced EFL learners. The findings reveal that: (1) the ess ...More
This study focuses on the interrelationship between modes of argumentation and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' rhetorical strategies, by adopting the analytical framework of Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) to produce reliable analyses of rhetorical structures of two most frequently required tasks in the Chinese context. The sample texts consist of 20 prepared speeches and 20 argumentative essays, both written by Chinese advanced EFL learners. The findings reveal that: (1) the essays favor a more direct structure with central units at the beginning while the speeches favor a more indirect structure with central units near the end; (2) Background, Circumstance and Preparation relations appear more frequently at the beginning of the speeches, while the Summary relation appears more frequently at the end of the essays; (3) the two most typical top-level patterns of rhetorical structure in the essays resemble the two patterns in the speeches, but with systematic variation and in reversed orders. The results reflect the active role of rhetorical situation in constructing different modes of argumentation for advanced EFL learners. This study could enrich the scope of the application of RST, and provide pedagogical implications for writing in EFL contexts. ...Hide

DOI：10.1515/text-2020-2054
百度学术：Rhetorical structure analysis of prepared speeches and argumentative essays by Chinese advanced English learners
语言：外文
基金：Project of Philosophy and Social Science Research in Colleges and Universities of Jiangsu Province [2015SJB736]; Beijing Municipal Social Science Foundation [17YYC020]
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Rhetorical structure analysis of prepared speeches and argumentative essays by Chinese advanced English learners.Wang, Yuemin, Wu, Hongyun, Cui, Gang,.TEXT & TALK. 2020, 40(2), 219-240.
Functional category production and degrees of severity: findings from Chinese agrammatism.Wang, Haiyan, Liu, Xinmiao, Wang, Xiaoli, et al. .APHASIOLOGY. 2019, 33(10), 1227-1247.