Emergence of Patterns in Second Language Writing : A Sociocognitive Exploration of Lexical Trails.
Title:
Emergence of Patterns in Second Language Writing : A Sociocognitive Exploration of Lexical Trails.
Author:
Macqueen, Susy.
ISBN:
9783035104370
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (340 pages)
Series:
Linguistic Insights ; v.137
Linguistic Insights
Contents:
Table of Contents 5 -- Acknowledgements 9 -- List of Abbreviations 11 -- 1. Introduction 13 -- 2. Lexicogrammatical patterns 19 -- 2.1 …and second language learning 24 -- 2.1.1 Defining the construct 24 -- 2.1.2 Breaking down patterns 26 -- 2.1.3 Building patterns 33 -- 2.1.4 A synthesis: Patterning 46 -- 2.1.5 Research questions 51 -- 3. Conceptual scaffolding 53 -- 3.1 Emergence theory 53 -- 3.2 …and second language learning 57 -- 3.3 Sociocultural theory 63 -- 3.4 … and second language learning 66 -- 3.5 Emergent sociocognition 71 -- 3.6 Towards a methodology 72 -- 3.7 Foundations 74 -- 4. Methodology 79 -- 4.1 Overview 79 -- 4.2 Participants 80 -- 4.2.1 Ping 81 -- 4.2.2 Catalina 83 -- 4.2.3 Binh 84 -- 4.2.4 Thao 86 -- 4.3 Writing and feedback 87 -- 4.3.1 Writing procedure 88 -- 4.3.2 Written feedback and the ZPD 88 -- 4.3.3 Feedback method 90 -- 4.4 Interviews 92 -- 4.4.1 Interview procedure 94 -- 4.5 Data analysis 97 -- 4.5.1 Analytical options 97 -- 4.5.2 Lexical Trails 100 -- 4.6 Lexical trail building 104 -- 4.6.1 Selection and extent of trails 104 -- 4.6.2 Technique 106 -- 4.7 Individualized tests 108 -- 4.7.1 Tests of lexicogrammatical patterns 108 -- 4.7.2 Purpose and design 109 -- 4.7.3 Item writing and validation 114 -- 4.7.4 Introspection boxes 115 -- 4.8 Lexical trail analytical procedure 116 -- 4.8.1 Coding process 117 -- 4.8.2 Reporting 120 -- 5. Findings I - Patterning 121 -- 5.1 An overview of patterns in co-text 121 -- 5.1.1 Stability and variability 127 -- 5.1.2 Stability and variability again 139 -- 5.2 Chunk-like patterns 140 -- 5.2.2 Chunk-like characteristics 149 -- 5.3 Patterns within patterns 150 -- 5.4 Discussion 162 -- 6. Findings II - Assistance 167 -- 6.1 Dynamic test results overview 168 -- 6.2 Sources of assistance 174 -- 6.3 Feedback negotiations 174 -- 6.3.2 Feedback and attention 179.
6.3.3 Feedback and agency 188 -- 6.3.4 Feedback and experimentation 194 -- 6.4 Discussion 203 -- 6.4.1 Negotiated experimentation 204 -- 6.4.2 Tool Use 206 -- 6.4.3 Agency and assistance 208 -- 6.4.4 Implications for research 210 -- 7. Findings III - Imitation 215 -- 7.1 Perceiving and doing language patterns 218 -- 7.1.1 Imitation pre-university: Idioms 219 -- 7.1.2 Imitation pre-university: Discourse markers 226 -- 7.1.3 Imitation at university: Pattern blending 236 -- 7.2 Discussion 255 -- 7.2.1 Adaptive imitation 256 -- 7.2.2 Adaptive imitation applied 259 -- 8. Discussion 267 -- 8.1 Patterning 268 -- 8.1.1 A model of patterning 269 -- 8.1.2 Model of patterning applied 273 -- 8.2 Pattern emergence and the broader context 277 -- 8.3 Implications for assisting L2 users 278 -- References 285 -- Appendices 313 -- Appendix A: Argumentative essay tasks 313 -- Appendix B: Feedback method 314 -- Appendix C: Sample lexical trail FOCUS (v) (Ping) 316 -- Appendix D: Codebook for degree of stability 320 -- Definition of a fixed pattern 321 -- Examples of fixed patterns 321 -- Definition of a stable pattern 321 -- Examples of stable patterns 322 -- Index 323.
Abstract:
This book received the Cambridge/Language Teaching Brumfit Award 2010. Drawing upon a convergence of sociocultural theory and linguistic emergentism, this book presents a longitudinal investigation of the development of ESL users' written lexicogrammatical patterning (collocations and colligations). A qualitative methodology ('Lexical Trail Analysis') was developed in order to capture a dynamic and historical view of the ways in which the participants combined words in their writing. This involved tracing single lexemes diachronically through individuals' written corpora. The writers were interviewed about the histories of particular word combinations. Selected patterns were later tested using the principles of dynamic testing. The findings of these combined data types - essays, interviews and tests - suggest that sociocognitive resources such as memory and attention and the ability to imitate and adapt linguistic resources are paramount in the massive task of internalizing the lexicogrammatical patterning of a second language. The participants were agents of change, seeking assistance and adapting patterns to suit their changing goals. Their activity is theorized in a model of language patterning from which implications for second language learning and teaching are drawn.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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