Exploring spoken English learner language using corpora : [electronic resource] learner talk / Eric Friginal, Joseph J. Lee, Brittany Polat, and Audrey Roberson.

I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Exploring Spoken English Learner Language Using Corpora -- Chapter 2. Corpora of Spoken Academic Discourse and Learner Talk: A Survey -- II. Learner Talk in the Classroom -- Chapter 3. Learner (and Teacher) Talk in EAP Classroom Discourse -- Chapter 4. Hedging and Boosting in EAP Classroom Discourse -- Chapter 5. You, I and We: Personal Pronouns in EAP Classroom Discourse -- Chapter 6. This/that, Here/there: Spatial Deixis in EAP Classroom Discourse -- III. Learner Talk in Language Experience Interviews -- Chapter 7. Exploring Learner Talk in English Interviews -- Chapter 8. Thematic Cluster Analysis of the L2 Experience Interview Corpus -- Chapter 9. Psychosocial Dimensions of Learner Language -- Chapter 10. Profiles of Experience in Learner Talk -- IV. Learner Talk in Peer Response Activities -- Chapter 11. Understanding Learner Talk about Writing: Using the L2PR Corpus -- Chapter 12. Social Dynamics using Peer Response: Patterns of Interaction in the L2PR Corpus -- Chapter 13. Linguistic Features of Collaboration in Peer Response: Modal Verbs as Stance Markers -- V. Conclusion and Future Directions -- Chapter 14. Corpus-Based Studies of Learner Talk: Conclusion and Future Directions.

This book presents a corpus-based study of spoken learner language produced by university-level ESL students in the classroom. Using contemporary theories as a guide and employing cutting-edge corpus analysis tools and methods, the authors analyse a variety of learner speech to offer many new insights into the nature and characteristics of the spoken language of college ESL learners. Focusing on types of speech that are rarely examined, this original work makes a significant contribution to the study and understanding of ESL spoken language at university level. It will appeal to students and scholars of applied linguistics, corpus linguistics, second language acquisition and discourse analysis.