Interactional Context in L2 Dialogues.
(2003) In Journal of Pragmatics 35(3). p.389-407- Abstract
- In recent years, second language acquisition research has focused on the performance of advanced and pre-advanced L2 learners (non-native speakers; henceforth NNSs), the former having received less attention. The present study draws on dialogues about future plans and route directions between advanced NNSs and a single native speaker (EVA). It is hypothesized that a NNS needs more time to construct utterances because her/his level of fluency has not reached the level of automatization that a native speaker (henceforth NS) possesses. A NNS, therefore, takes advantage of the interlocutor's turn to acquire the necessary tools to continue the dialogue and to gain time, using interactional strategies such as repetition, co-construction,... (More)
- In recent years, second language acquisition research has focused on the performance of advanced and pre-advanced L2 learners (non-native speakers; henceforth NNSs), the former having received less attention. The present study draws on dialogues about future plans and route directions between advanced NNSs and a single native speaker (EVA). It is hypothesized that a NNS needs more time to construct utterances because her/his level of fluency has not reached the level of automatization that a native speaker (henceforth NS) possesses. A NNS, therefore, takes advantage of the interlocutor's turn to acquire the necessary tools to continue the dialogue and to gain time, using interactional strategies such as repetition, co-construction, metalinguistic asides and trailing-offs. Furthermore, the route-direction frame is more rigid than the future plan frame, due to the more complex macro-context. Thus, the more difficult the communicative task, the more likely it is that the NNS will use interactional strategies as scaffolding devices. Comparisons with NS–NS dialogues confirm this hypothesis. (Less)
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- Wiberg, Eva LU
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- publishing date
- 2003
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Repetition, Macro-context, Micro-context, Second language acquisition, Dialogue, Scaffolding
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- Journal of Pragmatics
- volume
- 35
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 389 - 407
- publisher
- Elsevier
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- wos:000181148700005
- scopus:0037363978
- ISSN
- 0378-2166
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0378-2166(02)00142-X
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 6e19ff3b-9fc0-4f92-b2d9-1eb97939b5eb (old id 123725)
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