Discourse Markers in Learner Speech: A Corpus Based Comparative Study

Having a vital role in organizing conversational interaction, discourse markers (DMs) are considered to be a significant part of communicative competence. Combining insights from corpus linguistics, second language acquisition research and Relevance Theory, this study is an attempt to explore how no...

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Veröffentlicht in:Dil Eğitimi ve Araştırmaları Dergisi 2021-04, Vol.7 (1), p.1-16
1. Verfasser: ŞAHİN KIZIL, Aysel
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Having a vital role in organizing conversational interaction, discourse markers (DMs) are considered to be a significant part of communicative competence. Combining insights from corpus linguistics, second language acquisition research and Relevance Theory, this study is an attempt to explore how non-native speakers of English (NNS) use the DMs in their spoken language. Following the framework of Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis (CIA), this study is based on two specific corpora: Turkish sub-corpus of The Louvain International Database of Spoken English Interlanguage (LINDSEI-TR) for NNS speech and The Louvain Corpus of Native English Conversation (LOCNEC) for native speech. The occurrences of DMs in both corpora were determined using inferential and descriptive statistics. The findings of the study are discussed in connection with implications for language practitioners and syllabus designers in the field of language teaching.
ISSN:2149-5602
2149-5602
DOI:10.31464/jlere.769613