Detection and correction of linguistic errors: results according to linguistic preferences and uses

[EN] This paper examines the ability of 256 university students to detect and correct errors related to different linguistic aspects of Catalan, by means of a test including correct and incorrect sentences. The sentences included aspects of Catalan prescriptive grammar, errors caused by interference...

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Autores: Cicres Bosch, Jordi, Llach, Silvia, de-Ribot, María Dolors
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Error detection
Error correction
Catalan norm
Linguistic interference
Linguistic use
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spelling Detection and correction of linguistic errors: results according to linguistic preferences and usesCicres Bosch, JordiLlach, Silviade-Ribot, María DolorsError detectionError correctionCatalan normLinguistic interferenceLinguistic use[EN] This paper examines the ability of 256 university students to detect and correct errors related to different linguistic aspects of Catalan, by means of a test including correct and incorrect sentences. The sentences included aspects of Catalan prescriptive grammar, errors caused by interference from Spanish, and discursive aspects (adequacy, coherence and cohesion). In addition to that, the ability of the students has also been linked to data from their language use and linguistic experience in the following areas: language spoken in the family, language spoken with friends, and formal and informal languages of preference. The results show that students whose preferred language is Spanish or either Spanish or Catalan are less competent than those using Catalan on a regular basis. Taking into account the type of error, students who use preferably Spanish or both languages show significantly worse results in the error detection task (in sentences containing grammar and interference errors) than those who prefer Catalan. In contrast, no significant differences are shown regarding discourse errors when the students' linguistic use is considered.Editorial Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaRepositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20142014-07-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/44857reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reserva de todos los derechoshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riunet.upv.es:10251/448572026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Detection and correction of linguistic errors: results according to linguistic preferences and uses
title Detection and correction of linguistic errors: results according to linguistic preferences and uses
spellingShingle Detection and correction of linguistic errors: results according to linguistic preferences and uses
Cicres Bosch, Jordi
Error detection
Error correction
Catalan norm
Linguistic interference
Linguistic use
title_short Detection and correction of linguistic errors: results according to linguistic preferences and uses
title_full Detection and correction of linguistic errors: results according to linguistic preferences and uses
title_fullStr Detection and correction of linguistic errors: results according to linguistic preferences and uses
title_full_unstemmed Detection and correction of linguistic errors: results according to linguistic preferences and uses
title_sort Detection and correction of linguistic errors: results according to linguistic preferences and uses
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cicres Bosch, Jordi
Llach, Silvia
de-Ribot, María Dolors
author Cicres Bosch, Jordi
author_facet Cicres Bosch, Jordi
Llach, Silvia
de-Ribot, María Dolors
author_role author
author2 Llach, Silvia
de-Ribot, María Dolors
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author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Error detection
Error correction
Catalan norm
Linguistic interference
Linguistic use
topic Error detection
Error correction
Catalan norm
Linguistic interference
Linguistic use
description [EN] This paper examines the ability of 256 university students to detect and correct errors related to different linguistic aspects of Catalan, by means of a test including correct and incorrect sentences. The sentences included aspects of Catalan prescriptive grammar, errors caused by interference from Spanish, and discursive aspects (adequacy, coherence and cohesion). In addition to that, the ability of the students has also been linked to data from their language use and linguistic experience in the following areas: language spoken in the family, language spoken with friends, and formal and informal languages of preference. The results show that students whose preferred language is Spanish or either Spanish or Catalan are less competent than those using Catalan on a regular basis. Taking into account the type of error, students who use preferably Spanish or both languages show significantly worse results in the error detection task (in sentences containing grammar and interference errors) than those who prefer Catalan. In contrast, no significant differences are shown regarding discourse errors when the students' linguistic use is considered.
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