期刊名称：Teanga: The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics
印刷版ISSN：0332-205X
电子版ISSN：2565-6325
出版年度：2019
卷号：21
页码：93-113
DOI：10.35903/teanga.v21i0.176
出版社：The Irish Association for Applied Linguistics
摘要：Interference from spoken language can hinder adult learners’ reading, so it is helpful for tutors to be aware of differences between spoken and written syntax. Study of the incidence of ellipsis in two adult learners’ conversational language demonstrates the absence of most forms of coordination and subordination ellipsis typical of writing, and the frequent omission of subordinators, including the total absence of that relatives from one informant’s corpus. Examples of typically spoken situational ellipsis draw attention to the different locus of reference (situational or textual) in spoken and written ellipsis, and therefore the different strategy of interpretation required in reading. It is also shown that the use and non-use of ellipsis often have communicative functions in the dialogues that reflect linguistic skills rather than sloppiness or incompetence. Implications for tuition are suggested.
关键词：Ellipsis; adult literacy learners; Corpus Linguistics
