Learner language, discourse and interaction : a corpus-based analysis of spoken English / Tony McEnery, Lancaster University, Isobelle Clarke, Lancaster University, Gavin Brookes, Lancaster University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McEnery, Tony, 1964- author.

Clarke, Isobelle, author.

Brookes, Gavin (Linguist), author.

Series:

Studies in English language.

Studies in English language

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Spoken English.

English language.

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

English language--Discourse analysis.

English language--Data processing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 314 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

How do language learners interact with those who already speak the language they are learning? It is more than just a question of learning vocabulary and grammars - learners also need to learn how to put together conversations in their new language and to vary the way they interact across different contexts. This book shows, using millions of words of data, how this happens. It is the first large scale, corpus-based exploration of the discourse macro-structures in conversational interaction between L1 and L2 speakers, and explores three corpora to show, in spoken interaction with L1 speakers across a range of tasks, the dynamics of discourse construction. Considering factors including cultural background, task and proficiency, it characterises the repertoire of discourse functions used in these interactions and shows how they vary according to a range of variables. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jan 2025).

ISBN:

9781009208925

1009208926

9781009208963

1009208969

9781009208932

1009208934

Access Restriction:

Open Access. Unrestricted online access