How do language learners interact with speakers of the language they are learning? This book explores three corpora to demonstrate the dynamics of discourse construction, making it essential reading for researchers and students of applied linguistics and corpus linguistics. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Contenu

List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Exploring Learner Discourse: Context, Data and Methods; 2. Testing Short Text Multi-Dimensional Analysis - Approaching Learner Corpus Data at the Micro-structural Level; 3. Investigating Discourse Units - Approaching Learner Corpus Data at the Macro-structural Level; 4. Exploring Discourse Units and Interaction - Context, Co-operation and Scaffolding; 5. Comparing L1 and L2 Production in the Trinity Lancaster Corpora; 6. Describing Discourse Functions in General Spoken Conversation; 7. Understanding L1 Speech, L2 Speech and Context of Production; 8. Beginning the Study of Narrative; 9. Exploring Narratives in Learner Language; 10. Summing Up and Looking Ahead; References; Appendix A: The Feature Sets and Decisions for Pooling; Appendix B: The Full Tagset.