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Beebe, Leslie M. – 1983
Three questions in the application of native-language sociolinguistic theories to second language contexts are addressed: (1) Is transfer always a psycholinguistic process of interlingual overgeneralization? (2) Does attention to speech underlie all style shifting? (3) Is H. Giles' Speech Accommodation Theory adequate to explain all purposeful…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Interference (Language)
