Italian learners’ use of Chinese sentence-final particles

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Conti
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Light Weight ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Tandem Learning ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Final Particles

Due to their light-weight appearance and polysemy, the acquisition of Chinese sentence-final particles (SFPs) constitutes a criticality for learners of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL). However, the number of studies addressing SFP acquisition and teaching is still limited. This study investigates the use of SFPs in the interactions between 13 Italian CFL learners and 6 native speakers of Chinese participating in a face-to-face tandem-learning project over a three-month timespan. In particular, it focuses on learners’ production of SFPs marking questions (yes/no or truncated) and analyses the factors that foster or hinder SFP use. The qualitative and quantitative analysis of the transcribed conversations showed that (i) the most frequently produced SFP was ma, whereas other interrogative SFPs were seldom or never used; (ii) the production of SFPs did not vary over time, instead it seemed to be tied to factors such as the presence of (semi-)fixed chunks or the type of task (focused or unfocused) in which the participants were engaged.

British accent perceptions and attributions of guilt by native and non-native speakers

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-217
Author(s):  
Gaby Axer
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Standard English ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Analysis ◽  
British English ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Accent Perception ◽  
Native Speakers Of English ◽  
The Impact

This paper uses the matched-guise technique to analyse the impact of accent perception in the context of suspect interrogation. Three native speakers of British English and one of Norwegian recorded a suspect’s statement in a version as close as possible to standard English as well as in their strongest accented pronunciation of English. These recordings were rated by native speakers of English (NSs) and German learners of English (non-native speakers, NNSs) regarding competence, social attractiveness, credibility/guilt and standardness. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of these ratings shows evidence for accented speakers being rated less competent, but more socially attractive and more likely to be guilty than their standard counterparts. Moreover, NNSs’ ratings were significantly higher for competence and guilt in the standard guises, as well as social attractiveness and guilt in the accent guises, while NSs twice as often reported pronunciation/accent having influenced their ratings. This study also found that specific regional stereotypes were less important compared to the perceived degree of standardness.

The interaction of gesture, intonation, and eye-gaze in proto-imperatives

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 842-860 ◽  
Author(s):  
THEA CAMERON-FAULKNER
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Eye Gaze ◽  
Pitch Contour ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Linguistic Expression ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
English Child ◽  
Pitch Contours ◽  
Over Time

ABSTRACTIn the present study we investigate the production of gesture, intonation, and eye-gaze within the proto-imperative behaviour of one English child aged 1;0 to 1;7. The study is based on the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the three behaviours. The results indicate a shift from reaching gestures to points, and from rising terminal pitch contours to non-rising contours. The analysis also highlights changes in eye-gaze to the co-participant over time. In addition we identify a significant relationship between pitch contour and gesture type within the sample, with points being more closely associated with non-rise intonation than reaching gestures. We suggest that the changes in proto-imperative behaviour signal a shift in the underlying representation of the function from a request for help to a demand for a particular object, and that this development paves the way for the subsequent conventional linguistic expression of the imperative function.

MEMIKAT HATI WAJIB PAJAK SEHINGGA MEMILIKI WILLINGNESS TO COMPLY MELALUI PENYULUHAN PAJAK BERDASARKAN FOGG BEHAVIORAL MODEL

INFO ARTHA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 56-79
Author(s):  
NFN Khusnaini ◽  
Agung Widi Hatmoko
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Tax Compliance ◽  
Behavioral Model ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Experimental Process

Attitudes towards tax compliance (willingness to comply) Indonesian society is still low. Required an innovative tax dissemination to increase it. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the tax dissemination based on Fogg Behavioral Model (FBM) approach may increase wiliingness to comply. The FBM based tax dissemination asserts that for a person to perform a target behavior, which is a willingness to comply, he or she must be sufficiently motivated, have the ability to perform the behavior, and be trigerred, to perform the behavior. This research is a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis of statistical data results of the questionnaire, interviews, and observations of the respondent and the experimental process of dissemination. The method used in this study is a quasi experimental with patterns of nonequivalent control group (pretest-post which is not equivalent). Based on the results of data analysis, interviews and observations of the respondent and the experiment, this research showed that theFBMbasedtaxdissemination hasapositiveimpactto willingnesstocomplyofthetaxpayers. 

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