Interlanguage Variability in Narrative Discourse: Style Shifting in the Use of the Past Tense.

Ellis, Rod

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Publication Date: 1987

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Interlanguage Variability in Narrative Discourse: Style Shifting in the Use of the Past Tense.

Ellis, Rod

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v9 n1 p1-19 Feb 1987

Examines style shifting in the use of three past tense morphemes by 17 intermediate learners of English as a second language. Style shifting is explored within a single discourse mode--narrative--according to the amount of time made available. Data were collected under three conditions: (1) planned writing; (2) planned speech; and (3) unplanned speech. (LMO)

Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Higher Education, Interlanguage, Language Proficiency, Narration, Second Language Learning, Speech Skills, Tenses (Grammar), Verbs

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Language: English

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