Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This study examines the distribution of the perfective marker le(了) and the imperfective marker zhe(着) in Chinese argumentative discourse produced by both L2 learners and native speakers, from the perspectives of argumentative structure and argumentative methods, based on a large-scale corpus.The results show that, first, both le and zhe tend to appear in the core parts of argumentative discourse rather than in peripheral parts, regardless of L2 learner and native speaker data.Second, both aspect markers are more likely to occur in exemplification and causal argumentation, while their occurrence is less frequent in deductive and quotation argumentation across all groups.Finally, the use of aspect markers in L2 argumentative discourses exhibits a U-shaped distribution.In summary, there is a certain correlation and
Author: Zheng
Institution: Beijing Foreign Studies University
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4413132138
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