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Publication details [#45695]

Hellerman, John and Andrea Vergun. 2007. Language which is not taught: The discourse marker use of beginning adult learners of English. Journal of Pragmatics 39 (1) : 157–179.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

This paper examines the frequency and function of classroom and in-home use of discourse markers, a not explicitly taught language form, by adult learners of English who lack any previous formal instruction of the English language. The students employing more discourse markers appear to be the students who are more acculturated to the US.