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马丁中心适用语言学研讨会第11期
（语言科学与系统科学研讨会第77期）通知

2015年05月11日

时间：2015年5月13日（星期三）16:00

地点：外国语学院313教室

报告人：刘兴华博士

题目：Argument structures in Chinese university students’ argumentative writing: a contrastive study

摘要：Situated within a Systemic Functional Linguistics genre paradigm, this study adopted a function-based linguistic approach to examine the argument structures in English writing produced by Chinese university students of English as foreign language (EFL). Their English writing was contrasted with three other sets of argumentative essays in order to explore differences and similarities in the use of argument structures. The four sets of essays were produced by three groups of university students: native English- and Chinese-speaking university students and Chinese university EFL students. Participants’ interviews and questionnaire responses were also collected. The study found that most native English-speaking participants used an analytical arguing strategy, while most Chinese-speaking university participants preferred a hortatory argument structure both in their English and Chinese writing. It was also found that Chinese participants’ English writing was influenced by both English and Chinese.

关键词：argumentative writing; contrastive rhetoric; Systemic Functional Linguistics genre theory; Chinese university students