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Formulaic sequences in native and non-native argumentative writing in German

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Formulaic sequences in native and non-native argumentative writing in German. / Jaworska, S.; Krummes, C.; Ensslin, A.
In: International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, Vol. 20, No. 4, 26.06.2015, p. 500-525.

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Jaworska, S, Krummes, C & Ensslin, A 2015, 'Formulaic sequences in native and non-native argumentative writing in German', International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 500-525. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.20.4.04jaw

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Jaworska, S., Krummes, C., & Ensslin, A. (2015). Formulaic sequences in native and non-native argumentative writing in German. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 20(4), 500-525. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.20.4.04jaw

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Jaworska S, Krummes C, Ensslin A. 2015. Formulaic sequences in native and non-native argumentative writing in German. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. 20(4):500-525. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.20.4.04jaw

MLA

Jaworska, S., C. Krummes and A. Ensslin. "Formulaic sequences in native and non-native argumentative writing in German". International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. 2015, 20(4). 500-525. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.20.4.04jaw

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Jaworska S, Krummes C, Ensslin A. Formulaic sequences in native and non-native argumentative writing in German. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. 2015 Jun 26;20(4):500-525. doi: 10.1075/ijcl.20.4.04jaw

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Jaworska, S. ; Krummes, C. ; Ensslin, A. / Formulaic sequences in native and non-native argumentative writing in German. In: International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. 2015 ; Vol. 20, No. 4. pp. 500-525.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Formulaic sequences in native and non-native argumentative writing in German

AU - Jaworska, S.

AU - Krummes, C.

AU - Ensslin, A.

PY - 2015/6/26

Y1 - 2015/6/26

N2 - The aim of this paper is to contribute to learner corpus research into formulaic language in native and non-native German. To this effect, a corpus of argumentative essays written by advanced British students of German (WHiG) was compared with a corpus of argumentative essays written by German native speakers (Falko-L1). A corpus-driven analysis reveals a larger number of 3-grams in WHiG than in Falko-L1, which suggests that British advanced learners of German are more likely to use formulaic language in argumentative writing than their native-speaker counterparts. Secondly, by classifying the formulaic sequences according to their functions, this study finds that native speakers of German prefer discourse-structuring devices to stance expressions, whilst British advanced learners display the opposite preferences. Thirdly, the results show that learners of German make greater use of macro-discourse-structuring devices and cautious language, whereas native speakers favour micro-discourse structuring devices and tend to use more direct language.

AB - The aim of this paper is to contribute to learner corpus research into formulaic language in native and non-native German. To this effect, a corpus of argumentative essays written by advanced British students of German (WHiG) was compared with a corpus of argumentative essays written by German native speakers (Falko-L1). A corpus-driven analysis reveals a larger number of 3-grams in WHiG than in Falko-L1, which suggests that British advanced learners of German are more likely to use formulaic language in argumentative writing than their native-speaker counterparts. Secondly, by classifying the formulaic sequences according to their functions, this study finds that native speakers of German prefer discourse-structuring devices to stance expressions, whilst British advanced learners display the opposite preferences. Thirdly, the results show that learners of German make greater use of macro-discourse-structuring devices and cautious language, whereas native speakers favour micro-discourse structuring devices and tend to use more direct language.

U2 - 10.1075/ijcl.20.4.04jaw

DO - 10.1075/ijcl.20.4.04jaw

M3 - Article

VL - 20

SP - 500

EP - 525

JO - International Journal of Corpus Linguistics

JF - International Journal of Corpus Linguistics

SN - 1384-6655

IS - 4

ER -