Abstract
Study abroad has become a prolific area of second language acquisition (SLA)
research and, in particular, a new stream in SLA research, specifically from within a
variationist perspective, has started investigating sociolinguistic and sociopragmatic
variation in the second language (L2). Combining insights from sociolinguistic
variation and SLA, this contribution, which is part of an ongoing PhD research
project, is based on a longitudinal analysis conducted over a time span of a
semester (January-June 2015) at University College Cork (UCC), Ireland. In
particular, the aim of this study is to examine participants’ use of the discourse
marker ‘well’ in their oral production over time.
research and, in particular, a new stream in SLA research, specifically from within a
variationist perspective, has started investigating sociolinguistic and sociopragmatic
variation in the second language (L2). Combining insights from sociolinguistic
variation and SLA, this contribution, which is part of an ongoing PhD research
project, is based on a longitudinal analysis conducted over a time span of a
semester (January-June 2015) at University College Cork (UCC), Ireland. In
particular, the aim of this study is to examine participants’ use of the discourse
marker ‘well’ in their oral production over time.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 6 |
| Pages (from-to) | 75-85 |
| Journal | Trinity College Dublin Working Papers in Linguistics |
| Volume | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 22 Jun 2016 |