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

• Published in: Lexis (Lyon, France) Vol. 18; no. 18
• Main Authors: Edmonds, Amanda, German, Elisa Sneed, Leclercq, Pascale
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...