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De Klerk, V.A. (2005) The use of actually in spoken Xhosa English: a corpus study. World Englishes, 24 (3). pp. 275-288. ISSN 0883-2919
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0883-2919.2005.00410.x
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the semantic and syntactic characteristics of the discourse marker actually, and then to describe and explain how it is used by mothertongue (MT) Xhosa speakers who have learned English as an additional language. Such a description may provide a useful benchmark for comparison with MT norms. The source of data for the study is a corpus of approximately half a million words of transcribed spontaneous dialogue between Xhosa English speakers.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | communication; English language; linguistics; dialogue; discourse markers; semantics; mother-tongue; MT; Xhosa English speakers; South Africa |
| Subjects: | Y Unknown > Subjects to be assigned |
| Divisions: | Faculty > Faculty of Humanities > English Language and Linguistics |
| ID Code: | 455 |
| Deposited By: | INVALID USER |
| Deposited On: | 14 Nov 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jan 2012 16:18 |
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