McMeekin2017
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BibType | ARTICLE |
Key | McMeekin2017 |
Author(s) | Abigail McMeekin |
Title | L1-L2 speaker interaction in a study abroad setting: Communication strategies, word searches, and intersubjectivity |
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Tag(s) | EMCA, Intersubjectivity, Conditional relevance, Word searches, L1-L2 speaker interaction |
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Year | 2017 |
Language | English |
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Journal | Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education |
Volume | 2 |
Number | 2 |
Pages | 263-294 |
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DOI | 10.1075/sar.16011.mcm |
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Abstract
Analyzing approximately nine hours of video-recorded naturally-occurring conversations over eight weeks of study abroad between three L2 speakers of Japanese and their L1 speaker host family members, the present study uses conversation analysis to explore how the participants manage intersubjectivity using communication strategies in word searches. Specifically the study explores the following: (a) how participants deploy, manipulate, and respond to communication strategies as interactional resources used to co-construct meaning and progressively disambiguate the referent sought; (b) how strategies are used within the sequential organization of word searches to guide the trajectory of the search on a turn-by-turn basis; (c) how linguistic and non-linguistic resources such as intonation and eye gaze are used in conjunction with strategies to organize participant structure and relevant action in the unfolding talk; and (d) how a microanalytic, interactional approach can redefine our understanding of how strategic mechanisms are used and labeled in interaction.
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