Functional diversification and progressive routinization of a Multiword Expression in and for social interaction: A longitudinal L2 study
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In this article, we bring together conversation analysis and
usage-based linguistics to investigate the second language (L2)
developmental trajectory of a linguistic construction within the
complex multimodal ecology of naturally occurring social
interaction. We document how, over the course of 15 months, an L2
speaker's use of the French multiword expression comment on dit
[how do you say] diversifies in both form and function. Two types
of longitudinal change are observed: (a) The expression expands in
its context of use: “Literal” uses are observed initially to
request a candidate lexical item but are later also found in
requests for confirmation, (b) these literal uses become
proportionally less frequent, and the expression progressively
routinizes as a marker-like element used for indexing cognitive
search and floor-holding, and eventually also as a preface to
self-correction. This routinization entails erosion in form and
meaning, in concert with systematic change in co-occurring
bodily-visual conduct, in particular gaze and gesture. By
documenting change over time in the functional use and the
multimodal delivery of the target construction, the findings
evidence the longitudinal development of L2 grammar-for-interaction
and showcase how linguistic and bodily resources may interface in L2
development. They also have important implications for language
teaching and learning. |
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| Citation | Pekarek Doehler, S., & Skogmyr Marian, K. (2022). Functional diversification and progressive routinization of a Multiword Expression in and for social interaction: A longitudinal L2 study. The Modern Language Journal, 106(S1), 23-45. |
| Type | Article de périodique (Anglais) |
| Date de publication | 3-3-2022 |
| Nom du périodique | The Modern Language Journal |
| Volume | 106 |
| Numéro | S1 |
| Pages | 23-45 |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12758 |