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Green, Christopher F. – IRAL, 1996
Examines the cross-linguistic influence of native language topic-prominence in shaping and accenting the written English discourse produced by Chinese learners. The article endeavors to demonstrate that this interlingual discourse does not meet the criteria for adequate coherence in written English discourse. (22 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Chinese, Coherence, Context Effect, Cultural Influences
