A phraseological and phonological analysis of don’t: A stay abroad perspective

We explore lexical development during a stay abroad for five francophone learners of English by focusing on how they use a single string, namely don’t. We adopt a phraseological perspective to explore change over time, opposing uses of don’t when it appears in the discourse marker I don’t know to ot...

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Published inLexis (Lyon, France) Vol. 18; no. 18
Main Authors Edmonds, Amanda, German, Elisa Sneed, Leclercq, Pascale
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 01.12.2021
Université Jean-Moulin-Lyon III - Centre d’Études Linguistiques (CEL)
Subjects
discourse markers
Humanities and Social Sciences
Linguistics
phonetic reduction
phraseology
stay abroad
marqueurs discursifs
phonetic reduction
discourse markers
phraséologie
réduction phonétique
séjour à l’étranger
phraseology
stay abroad
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Summary:We explore lexical development during a stay abroad for five francophone learners of English by focusing on how they use a single string, namely don’t. We adopt a phraseological perspective to explore change over time, opposing uses of don’t when it appears in the discourse marker I don’t know to other uses of this string. In addition to exploring the overall distribution of don’t, we also conduct an acoustic analysis to explore the phonetic realization of don’t as a function of whether it appears in a phraseological or non-phraseological sequence. Results point to slight changes over time in the use of I don’t know as a discourse marker and in the phonetic realization of this string. Our results highlight clear instances of inter-individual differences.
ISSN:1951-6215
1951-6215
DOI:10.4000/lexis.5718