Overuse of 我们 as an indicator of orality

[xujiajin]

What do you think about the thesis that overuse of 我们 is an indicator of spoken Chinese discourse according to your intuition and/or your corpus data?
http://forum.corpus4u.org/upload/forum/2005101422493174.pdf

[清风出袖]

i found a very interesting use 'we' in english writings by chinese students . it often appears at the end of an argumentattive essay along with 'should' , whch is my found when i compile a corpus of argumentative essays by my students, though i havenot compare it with any native speakers' writing to see if there is any significant differences of the use. it's more like a didactical feature in my eyes.

[tiger]

以下是引用 清风出袖 在 2005-10-15 9:35:39 的发言：
i found a very interesting use 'we' in english writings by chinese students . it often appears at the end of an argumentattive essay along with 'should' , whch is my found when i compile a corpus of argumentative essays by my students, though i havenot compare it with any native speakers' writing to see if there is any significant differences of the use. it's more like a didactical feature in my eyes.



that is learned from the typical proganda articles in Chinese media and political documents. this phenomenon can also be called "transfer," not positive though.

[oscar3]

以下是引用 清风出袖 在 2005-10-15 9:35:39 的发言：
i found a very interesting use 'we' in english writings by chinese students . it often appears at the end of an argumentattive essay along with 'should' , whch is my found when i compile a corpus of argumentative essays by my students, though i havenot compare it with any native speakers' writing to see if there is any significant differences of the use. it's more like a didactical feature in my eyes.


indicative of Chinese impact.