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  • Chapter 7 - Understanding L1 Speech, L2 Speech and Context of Production

  • Tony McEnery, Lancaster University, Isobelle Clarke, Lancaster University, Gavin Brookes, Lancaster University
  • Book:
    Learner Language, Discourse and Interaction
    Published online:
    09 January 2025
    Print publication:
    23 January 2025, pp 177-205
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    In this chapter the macro-structures in the TLC, its L1/L1 counterpart and the spoken BNC 2014 are compared. The results broadly divide into three groups: discourse unit functions, which are shared across all three corpora; task-specific discourse unit functions; and a number of discourse unit functions unique to individual corpora. The overall findings are that the construct used in the test in the Trinity corpus is a good match, in terms of discourse unit functions, for everyday conversational English, but also that some apparent differences, especially in Dimension 1, are illusory. The analysis of the BNC and the L1/L1 Trinity corpus leads to a revision of the Dimension 1 data for the L2/L1 Trinity corpus, which has the effect of making all three corpora more similar functionally. The chapter also explores the possibility of meso-structures within the discourse units and uses the concept of face to explain some of its findings. Throughout, the presence of narrative is so salient in all three corpora that the chapter concludes with a decision to explore narrative in more detail.