Countability of Mass Nouns among the EFL Learners in Asian Context
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This study examined variation in the countability of mass nouns like information and knowledge among the EFL learners in Korea and Japan which belong to the Expanding Circle. The countability of nouns is frequently cited as a marker of nativeness which distinguishes Inner Circle norms in TESOL from the Outer and Expanding Circle usage. The study inspected the countability of mass nouns in a corpus of cross-cultural communication between EFL learners and compared the results with the data from the other varieties of English used in the Outer and Expanding Circles. Based on the analysis, the study evaluated potential causes of variation, investigating differences between Outer and Expanding Circles. This study notes there is notable and widespread countable use of nouns that are generally non-count in Inner Circle Englishes, but such usage is highly infrequent overall. There appears to be greater variation in the Outer than the Expanding Circle. Based on the results, some implications about lexico-grammatical variation in lingua franca use of English and the plurilithic nature of English.
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This study examined variation in the countability of mass nouns like information and knowledge among the EFL learners in Korea and Japan which belong to the Expanding Circle. The countability of nouns is frequently cited as a marker of nativeness which distinguishes Inner Circle norms in TESOL from the Outer and Expanding Circle usage. The study inspected the countability of mass nouns in a corpus of cross-cultural communication between EFL learners and compared the results with the data from the other varieties of English used in the Outer and Expanding Circles. Based on the analysis, the study evaluated potential causes of variation, investigating differences between Outer and Expanding Circles. This study notes there is notable and widespread countable use of nouns that are generally non-count in Inner Circle Englishes, but such usage is highly infrequent overall. There appears to be greater variation in the Outer than the Expanding Circle. Based on the results, some implications about lexico-grammatical variation in lingua franca use of English and the plurilithic nature of English.
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