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.
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.
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The first large scale, corpus-based exploration of the discourse macro-structures in conversational interaction between L1 and L2 speakers.
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.
Tony McEnery is Distinguished Professor of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University and Advisory Professor at Shanghai International Studies University. He is the author of Corpus Linguistics (with Hardie, CUP, 2011) and Fundamental Principles of Corpus Linguistics (with Brezina, CUP, 2022). He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. Isobelle Clarke is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Research Fellow at Lancaster University. Isobelle has developed three methodologies for the analysis of short texts. Gavin Brookes is Reader and UKRI Future Leader Fellow in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University. His recent books include Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication (with Collins, 2023) and Obesity in the News (with Paul Baker, 2021). He is a Fulbright Scholar and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
