چکیده

The present study investigated the differences in the acquisition of English relative clauses (RCs) between Persian speakers learning English as a foreign language on the one hand, and Azeri Turkish speakers who learn English as a third language in Iran. This study also tried to delve into finding differences in the acquisition of RCs between bilingual Iranian Turk learners and monolingual Turks who are learning English as a second language in Turkey. In order to investigate the acquisition of RCs in Persian, Azeri ,and Turk learners of English, different tests including a translation and a grammaticality judgment test were given to the participants to compare the results. Since Persian speakers have been previously reported to be influenced by their L1 in using resumptive pronouns inappropriately in English RCs, a comparison was deemed necessary to see whether Azeri speakers are also influenced by Persian or Azeri or none in the production of English RCs. The results of different tasks taken by the participants illustrated the fact that Azeri learners of English tend to be more influenced by Persian than Turkish in the production of RCs. This result was confirmed by the data gathered from Turks who are learning English as second language in Turkey. The findings can be useful for the educational system of Iran as a multilingual country to consider pedagogic differences among learners of English with different native language backgrounds.

کليدواژه ها

Relative clause, resumptive pronoun, monolingual, bilingual

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Anna Mirzaiyan , 1398 , Differences in the Acquisition of Relative Clauses by Persian, Azeri, and Turk learners of English , اولين کنفرانس بين المللي مطالعات زبان انگليسي