Syntax and Discourse in Near-Native French: Clefts and Focus

This study examines aspects of the syntax‐discourse interface in near‐native French. Two cleft structures—c’est clefts and avoir clefts—are examined in experimental and spontaneous conversational data from 10 adult Anglophone learners of French and ten native speakers of French. C’est clefts mark fo...

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Published in:	Language learning Vol. 62; no. 3; pp. 902 - 930
Main Author:	Donaldson, Bryan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.09.2012 Wiley-Blackwell Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Adults Adults. Performance, acquisition Anglophones Cleft Constructions clefts Conversation conversation data Discourse Discourse Analysis English Foreign Countries Foreign language learning France French French as a Second Language Learning French language Grammar information structure Linguistics Native Speakers near-nativeness Nonnative Speakers Production and comprehension processes prosody Psycholinguistics Psychology of language Referents Second Language Learning Suprasegmentals Syntax Syntax Discourse Relationship syntax-discourse interface Task Analysis France Discourse syntax-discourse interface Prosody French French as second language clefts Adult Conversation Syntax information structure near-nativeness conversation data
ISSN:	0023-8333, 1467-9922
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