Hauser2013

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Hauser2013
BibType ARTICLE
Key Hauser2013
Author(s) Eric Hauser
Title Stability and change in one adult's second language English negation
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Tag(s) EMCA, second language acquisition, formulaic speech, L2 English, L2 negation, longitudinal research
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Year 2013
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Journal Language Learning
Volume 63
Number 3
Pages 463–498
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DOI 10.1111/lang.12012
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Abstract

This article reports on how, against a background of relatively stable patterns of second language negation, a Japanese-speaking adult learning English made use of a negative formula, “I don't know,” and how, in and through interaction, analyzed it into its component parts and began using “don't” more productively. Making use of the micro-analytic techniques of conversation analysis to analyze data collected over a seven-month period, two relatively stable patterns of negation are described. This is followed by a description of how the learner used the formula and, over time, analyzed it. This often involved repetition and/or self-repair. Changes in how “don't” was used included coming to use it with the verb “like,” as well as coming to use it with “you.”

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