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Publication details [#39341]

Gass, Susan and Evangeline Marlos Varonis. 1985. Non-native/Non-native Conversations: A Model for Negotiation of Meaning. Applied Linguistics 6 (1) : 71–90.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

L2-acquisition | meaning | native vs. non-native interaction | negotiation

Place, Publisher

Oxford University Press

Journal WWW

http://www3.oup.co.uk/applij/contents/

Annotation

This paper on native, non-native and mixed native-non native conversational interactions demonstrates that negotiation of meaning is most prevalent among non-native interactions, thus emphasizing the function of negotiation in second language acquisition.