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ERIC Number: EJ455943
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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Discourse Structure and the Perception of Incoherence in International Teaching Assistants' Spoken Discourse.
Tyler, Andrea
TESOL Quarterly, v26 n4 p713-29 Win 1992
Using a qualitative discourse-analytic framework, this paper compares the planned spoken English of a native speaker of Chinese, whose English discourse was perceived to be hard to follow, with a native speaker of U.S. English. Differences in the use of lexical discourse markers, lexical specificity, and syntactic incorporation are discussed. (34 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Chinese, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Fluency, Pronunciation, Second Language Instruction, Speech Communication, Syntax
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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