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A Study on Chinese English Learners’ Use of Emotion Words
ZHENG Yu-rong
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DOI:10.17265/1539-8080/2017.03.006
Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, China
Most educated Chinese take English as an important communication tool and the language has been increasingly
frequently used in all walks of life in the country. This paper is to examine the use ofEnglish emotion words on the
target group of English learners in China. The study isdesigned to find out the relationship between the use of
emotion words and such relevant variables as language proficiency, gender, and age. The results demonstrate that
the use of emotion words is significantly linked to the level of proficiency aswell as gender. Age is found to have
slight effect on the use of emotion words. The study also reveals that more positive emotion words are produced
than negative ones in the speech. Based on the major findings, some implications and suggestions are offered:
Firstly, English learners in China are expected to improve their language proficiency, particularly that of listening
and speaking. Secondly, they are supposed to enhance their culture awareness of English by means of exposing
themselves to as much authentic language as possible.
emotion words, Chinese English learners, production
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