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Publication details [#32997]

Brouwer, Catherine E. 2003. Word Searches in NNS-NS Interaction: Opportunities for Language Learning? The Modern Language Journal 87 (4) : 534–545.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversational analysis | interaction | second language acquisition

Language as a subject

Danish | Dutch

Place, Publisher

Blackwell Publishers

ISBN

0026-7902

Journal WWW

www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/modl

Annotation

This paper examines whether and under which conditions "word search" sequences provide non-native speakers with language learning opportunities. Data are drawn from naturally occurring interactions between native speakers of Danish and Dutch speakers of Danish.