Publications

Publication details [#35990]

Yule, George and Doris Macdonald. 1990. Resolving referential conflicts in L2 interaction: The effect of proficiency and interactive role. Language Learning 40 (4) : 539–556.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

cooperation | problem solving | reference | second language acquisition | task-dependency of processing

Place, Publisher

The University of Michigan

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This study proposes a task that involves particular referential conflicts and analyzes the solutions negotiated within two different pairings of second language learners, in which the more competent member respectively plays a dominant or a nondominant role.