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Nativelike expression in the speech of long‐residency L 2 users: A study of multiword structures in L 2 E nglish, F rench and S panish
Author(s) -
Erman Britt,
Denke Annika,
Fant Lars,
Forsberg Lundell Fanny
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of applied linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.712
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1473-4192
pISSN - 0802-6106
DOI - 10.1111/ijal.12061
Subject(s) - task (project management) , psychology , linguistics , expression (computer science) , computer science , philosophy , management , economics , programming language
Nativelike expression in L 2 speech is investigated by comparing quantity and distribution of different types of multiword structures ( MWSs ) in the speech of very advanced L 2 speakers with native speakers. Swedish speakers of L 2 E nglish, L 2 F rench and L 2 S panish (average LOR in the UK , F rance and C hile 7–10 years) performing two oral tasks, a role play, and an online retelling task, are compared with matching native speakers, totalling 140,000 words. The L 2 groups were nativelike in their use of MWSs as social routines in the role play. Collocations, the dominant category in the retelling task, were underrepresented in all three L 2 groups compared to the native groups. Furthermore, the E nglish NNSs were nativelike on more measurements of MWSs than the F rench and S panish NNSs .