ERIC Number: EJ385499
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Publication Date: 1988
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Communication Strategies and Psychological Processes Underlying Lexical Simplification.
Kumaravadivelu, B.
IRAL, v26 n4 p309-19 Nov 1988
Analyzes interlanguage written discourse produced by advanced Tamil-speaking learners of English as a second language. Eight communication strategies are discussed, including: 1) extended use of lexical items; 2) lexical paraphrase; 3) word coinage; 4) native language (L1) equivalence; 5) literal translation of L1 idiom; 6) L1 mode of emphasis; 7) L1 mode of linking; and 8) L1 cohesive devices. (Author/LMO)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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