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Al-Gahtani, Saad; Roever, Carsten – Applied Linguistics, 2012
L2 requests in developmental pragmatics research are commonly investigated using non-interactive data collection techniques or sidelining the larger discourse sequence in which the request proper is embedded. This study takes a different approach to the study of L2 requests. In a cross-sectional design, we collected role play data from learners at…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Social Environment, Pragmatics, Language Proficiency
Bruzzese, Giannia – 1977
A detailed analysis of an Italian-American woman's speech is presented, and her interlanguage patterns are discussed in relation to a pidginization hypothesis. Data are presented on the following speech characteristics of the woman: free speech negatives, interrogatives, and present and past tense constructions. Her language is shown to be…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, English (Second Language)