L2 Learner-Made Formulaic Expressions and Constructions
The emergence of lexico-grammatical productivity has been a central issue in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA). Ellis (2002) proposed that formulaic chunks of language are one resource for the learner to develop such productivity. This exploratory study sought to determine whether formu...
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| description | The emergence of lexico-grammatical productivity has been a central issue in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA). Ellis (2002) proposed that formulaic chunks of language are one resource for the learner to develop such productivity. This exploratory study sought to determine whether formulaic language chunks were observed in the oral production of three adult beginner learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) over a nine-week period in a community language program. It also attempted to determine whether there was a developmental relationship between formulae and productive forms called constructions. Tasks used to elicit the data included picture description tasks and semi-structured interviews. Results showed that formulae were minimally present in the learner output and that constructions and formulae of similar structure coexisted, but that a developmental relationship between formulae and constructions was not clearly evident. The discussion proposes the existence of a pre-formulaic stage account for the data, and submits that the relationship between formulae and productive constructions requires more intensive study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-044768e0672b4917855193cfc52eaefb2022-12-22T00:10:33ZengColumbia University LibrariesWorking Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL2576-29072015-06-0110211810.7916/D88D07W6L2 Learner-Made Formulaic Expressions and ConstructionsTimothy Hall0Teachers College, Columbia UniversityThe emergence of lexico-grammatical productivity has been a central issue in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA). Ellis (2002) proposed that formulaic chunks of language are one resource for the learner to develop such productivity. This exploratory study sought to determine whether formulaic language chunks were observed in the oral production of three adult beginner learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) over a nine-week period in a community language program. It also attempted to determine whether there was a developmental relationship between formulae and productive forms called constructions. Tasks used to elicit the data included picture description tasks and semi-structured interviews. Results showed that formulae were minimally present in the learner output and that constructions and formulae of similar structure coexisted, but that a developmental relationship between formulae and constructions was not clearly evident. The discussion proposes the existence of a pre-formulaic stage account for the data, and submits that the relationship between formulae and productive constructions requires more intensive study.https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8VQ3DGD/downloadApplied linguisticsEnglish languageTemporal constructionsSecond language acquisitionSLAEducationStudy of languageTeaching languageESL |
| spellingShingle | Timothy Hall L2 Learner-Made Formulaic Expressions and Constructions Working Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL Applied linguistics English language Temporal constructions Second language acquisition SLA Education Study of language Teaching language ESL |
| title | L2 Learner-Made Formulaic Expressions and Constructions |
| title_full | L2 Learner-Made Formulaic Expressions and Constructions |
| title_fullStr | L2 Learner-Made Formulaic Expressions and Constructions |
| title_full_unstemmed | L2 Learner-Made Formulaic Expressions and Constructions |
| title_short | L2 Learner-Made Formulaic Expressions and Constructions |
| title_sort | l2 learner made formulaic expressions and constructions |
| topic | Applied linguistics English language Temporal constructions Second language acquisition SLA Education Study of language Teaching language ESL |
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