Publications

Publication details [#54792]

Zhu, Chunshen and Xudong Wu. 2011. A study of yes/no questions in English and Chinese: With special reference to Chinese EFL learners’ understanding of their forms and functions. Journal of Pragmatics 43 (2) : 632–667.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

form | function | question, L2-acquisition of | translation

Language as a subject

Chinese | English

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This study explores how Chinese learners of English as a second language at three proficiency levels, interpret three sub-types of English yes/no questions, and how their interpretations influence their selection of linguistic forms when translating these questions into Chinese.