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Input in an Institutional Setting.
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Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Hartford, Beverly S. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1996
Investigates the nature of input available to learners in the institutional setting of the academic advising session. Results indicate that evidence for the realization of speech acts, positive evidence from peers and status unequals, the effect of stereotypes, and limitations of a learner's pragmatic and grammatical competence are influential…
Descriptors: Educational Counseling, Graduate Students, Grammar, Interlanguage
Learning the Rules of Academic Talk: A Longitudinal Study of Pragmatic Change.
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Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Hartford, Beverly S. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1993
Advanced adult nonnative speakers of English were taped in advising sessions to analyze two speech acts, suggestions, and rejections according to their frequency, form, and success. They were compared with native speakers. Results are explained by the availability of positive and negative feedback. (30 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Feedback, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication
The Construction of Discourse by Nonnative Speakers: Introduction.
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Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Hartford, Beverly S. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1995
Introduces this thematic issue on the construction of discourse by non-native speakers, reviewing the topics, methodology, and results of the six papers that follow. (contains three references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Research
Zero Anaphora in Nonnative Texts: Null-Object Anaphora in Nepali English.
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Hartford, Beverly S. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1995
Investigated the occurrence of null objects in a stable nonnative variety of English spoken in Nepal, finding that Nepali speakers of English may omit both direct and indirect objects in contexts where native speakers may not. The resultant discourse organization for Nepali English requires greater addressee participation than native English…
Descriptors: College Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Diction, Discourse Analysis