Discursive Markers in a Corpus of Learners of French as a Foreign
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Les marqueurs discursifs dans un corpus d’apprenants du français langue étrangère : donc
Discursive Markers in a Corpus of Learners of French as a Foreign Language: donc

Author(s): Freiderikos Valetopoulos
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning, Syntax, Pragmatics
Published by: Komisja Nauk Filologicznych Oddziału Polskiej Akademii Nauk we Wrocławiu
Keywords: cohesion; discursive markers; argumentation; learner corpus; French as a foreign language;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to propose a study of cohesion in the argumentative oral productions of B2 learners Frenchas a foreign language in an exolingual environment. More specifically, we focus on the use of the discursive markerdonc ‘so,’ which is highly present in the discourse of French speakers and learners in an endolingual environment.The corpus of sustained monologues was collected as part of a project investigating the acquisition of French asa foreign language by learners in exolingual settings.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 91-102
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: French
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