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Social and Cultural Aspects of Language Learning in Study AbroadEdited by Celeste Kinginger
[Language Learning & Language Teaching 37] 2013
► pp. 299–332
Edited by Celeste Kinginger
[Language Learning & Language Teaching 37] 2013
► pp. 299–332
A corpus-based study of vague language use by learners of Spanish in a study abroad context
This chapter seeks to demonstrate some of the potential contributions of a corpus-based approach to study abroad research. Drawing on the Spanish Learner Language Oral Corpora, the present analysis examines a set of vague expressions known as general extenders (GEs) (Overstreet 1999) utilized by undergraduate English L1 learners after a year abroad. Specifically, the analysis focuses on patterns emergent from the concordancing analysis of learner language production alongside four exploratory case studies of learners’ motives and dispositions towards their study abroad experience. The discussion draws parallels between the corpus-derived types, frequencies and pragmatic functions of GEs, and individual learner access to everyday language use in various study abroad situations.
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