punctuation mark errors in english majors’ writing

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1、PunctuationMarkErrorsinEnglishMajors’Writing　　【Abstract】Punctuationmarks，closelyrelatedtothecontentsofthearticle，playanirreplaceableroleinthearticles.Inmoderntimes，mostresearchesonlyfocusonthefunctionsandregularitiesofpunctuationmarkdevelopment，whileafewresearc

2、hesareaboutthepunctuationmarkerrors，especiallypunctuationmarkerrorsinEnglishmajors’writing.ThisthesischoosesEnglishmajorsinUSST（UniversityofShanghaiforScienceandTechnology）asresearchsubjects，investigatesandanalyzesthereasonsforthepunctuationmarkerrors，inanattem

3、pttoseekforimplicationstostudents’learningandEnglishteaching.　　【Keywords】punctuationmark；erroranalysis；Englishmajor　　Aslanguagelearners，Englishmajorstudentsnotonlyneedtomastertheknowledgeofvocabularyandgrammar，butalsoarerequiredtograspallaspectsofprofessionalkn

4、owledge.However，punctuationmarksdon’tgetdeservedattention，onthecontrary，areneglected.ResearcherswhostudythepunctuationerrorsinEFLlearners’writingonlyregardmiddleschoolstudentsorcollegeEnglishlearnersassubjects（LvYan，2006）.Afactexiststhatvariouspunctuationmarker

5、rorscanbeseeninthewritingofEnglishmajors，soitisimperativetofindfactorsofpunctuationmark.　　1.Thedesignoftheresearchandmethodology　　InordertorevealthestatusquoofthepunctuationmarkuseofEnglishmajors，erroranalysisisemployed.　　Researchquestions：　　（1）Whatarethepunctu

6、ationmarkerrorsthatEnglishmajorsmake？　　（2）Whatisthefrequencyofeachkindoferror？　　（3）Whatarepossiblereasonsfortheerrors？　　Datacollection　　Theresearchemployscorpus-basedapproachanddevelopswiththeaidofantconc.execorpusanalysissoftware.Corpusissetupbycollectingcompo

7、sitionsofEnglishmajorsfromClass2010，Class2011andClass2012.Fivehundredandninecompositions（thetotalnumberofwordsis152，291）writtenbyEnglishmajorsinEnglishwritingcourseandintegratedEnglishcoursearecollected.Alloftheselectedcompositionsarescoredandscorestakeup30%oft

8、hefinalgrades.Studentsattachmuchimportancetothesecompositions.Afterstudyingtheselectedcompositions，itshowsthatpunctuationmarkerrorsofoveruse，absenceandmisuseallappearinthewr