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In:Reference: From conventions to pragmatics
Edited by Laure Gardelle, Laurence Vincent-Durroux and Hélène Vinckel-Roisin
[Studies in Language Companion Series 228] 2023
► pp. 305–322

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Temporal reference in oral narratives produced by French learners of English as a second language

The case of AND

 | Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, EMMA, France
 | Université Grenoble Alpes, LIDILEM, France
 | RMIT University, Australia
 | Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Praxiling, France
 | Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, EMMA, France
Published online: 2 February 2023
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https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.228.16dav
Abstract
The differing approaches to expressing temporality across languages lead us to question what difficulties might be experienced by learners of a second language when referring to time. We examine the spoken data of 33 French university learners of English to assess their mastery of the English system of temporal reference, especially the case of and, a discourse marker which may seem easy to acquire. We find that the subtleties of and are still to be acquired by even relatively advanced learners. Our participants do not use and in the way the native English speakers do, but as its French equivalent et. Conversely, the native English speakers also use and to structure their speech, a value that our French participants have not acquired.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Referring to time: Theoretical background
    • 2.1Referring to time in L1
      • 2.1.1The case of English
      • 2.1.2The case of French
      • 2.1.3Comparing English and French
    • 2.2Referring to time in L2
      • 2.2.1In various languages
      • 2.2.2In English L2
      • 2.2.3The use of and
  • 3.The corpus study
    • 3.1Method and data
    • 3.2Results: Referring to time in the data
      • 3.2.1The use of connectors
      • 3.2.2The specific use of and
  • 4.Discussion
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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