DOUBT AND CERTAINTY IN ESL TEXTBOOKS
DOUBT AND CERTAINTY IN ESL TEXTBOOKS
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DOI：
10.1093/applin/9.1.21
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发表时间：
1988-03-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
HOLMES, J
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作者：
HOLMES, J
学习用英语表达怀疑和确定是一项复杂的任务，但也是一项重要的任务，因为认知手段也具有语用礼貌标记的功能。那些为ESL学习者准备材料或编写教科书的人必须决定要包括哪些认识手段。自然发生的语言和文字中关于这种装置的范围和频率的信息可以为必要的选择提供基础。本文提供了一些数据的相对频率的各种各样的词汇表示怀疑和肯定的书面和口语语料库，并使用这些数据来评估一些著名的ESL教材的充分性。
Learning to express doubt and certainty in English is a complex task, but an important one since epistemic devices also function pragmatically as politeness markers. Those preparing materials or writing textbooks for the ESL learner must decide which epistemic devices to include. Information on the range and frequency of such devices in naturally occurring speech and writing can provide a basis for the necessary selection. This paper provides some data on the relative frequencies of a wide variety of lexical items expressing doubt and certainty in written and spoken corpuses, and uses the data to evaluate the adequacy of some well-known ESL textbooks.