The Application of Discourse Analysis in First and Second Language Acquisition
23 Pages Posted: 19 Dec 2018
Date Written: November 29, 2018
Abstract
Most linguists have regarded language purely as a medium of communication. Especially American structuralists and transformationalists had focused massively and very successful on problems within phonology and the grammar of the clause but ignored paragraphing or meaning (cf. Sinclair and Coulthard 1975). For them, the verbal and non-verbal context had “little bearing on grammatical or phonological description”. This view, however, does not cover all aspects of language at all. Language is much more than sheer communication; it is a powerful tool in every day situation in which humans interact.
Keywords: diskursanalyse, discourse analysis, first language acquisition, second language acquisition
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