Brent Wolter

List of John Benjamins publications for which Brent Wolter plays a role.

Articles

Pei, Xiaoyu, Lianrui Yang, Ying Chen and Brent Wolter 2023 Chinese EFL learners’ apology strategies: A multimodal perspectiveApplied Pragmatics 5:1, pp. 64–85 | Article
This paper presents a multimodal analysis of apologies performed by Chinese EFL learners at two proficiency levels by considering their use of both verbal and nonverbal (i.e., gestures and gaze) strategies. The results showed that both groups used IFID (illocutionary force indicating device,… read more
Wolter, Brent 2023 Chapter 9. Cross-language influences in the acquisition of L2 multiword expressionsCross-language Influences in Bilingual Processing and Second Language Acquisition, Elgort, Irina, Anna Siyanova-Chanturia and Marc Brysbaert (eds.), pp. 211–228 | Chapter
As with all aspects of L2 acquisition, the L1 has a marked influence on the acquisition of multiword expressions (MWEs). However, providing a unified framework to explain the L1’s influence on the acquisition of MWEs is challenging, particularly because MWEs vary in a number of ways. In this… read more