Moutinho2019

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Moutinho2019
BibType ARTICLE
Key Moutinho2019
Author(s) Ricardo Moutinho
Title The dynamic layering of relational pairs in L2 classrooms: The inextricable relationship between sequential and categorial analysis
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Tag(s) EMCA, Membership categorization analysis, Portuguese, L2, Language learning, Second language classroom, Workplace studies
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Year 2019
Language English
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Journal Pragmatics
Volume 29
Number 4
Pages 571–594
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DOI 10.1075/prag.17047.mou
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Abstract

The focus of this paper will be placed upon the methods people use to interact in second language learning settings, discussing interactional aspects of language use in the ongoing production of classroom events. The extracts selected for analysis were drawn from Portuguese language lessons (for beginner and advanced students) in a Chinese university. The results show how L2 classroom participants secure joint orientation and mutual understanding of the categorial pairs (such as ‘teacher-student’ and ‘native-non-native’) being invoked in the sequential organization of the utterances. In other words, when classroom members show orientation to a categorial pair, their subsequent moves will exhibit predicates (actions) of that pair, which will be available to the analyst as phenomena to be explored. This suggests that the sequential elements of the interaction and the membership categorization work carried out by the participants require attention for praxiological enquiries.

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