Some comments on discourse domain as used in studies of interlanguage variability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12113949 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sinfree Makoni (0000-0002-4493-1750, University of the Western Cape, corresponding author), Sinfree Bullock Makoni |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 87-94 |
| Publication date | 1992-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Applied Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0802-6106 • E-ISSN: 1473-4192 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1473-4192.1992.tb00025.x |
| OpenAlex | W2091824399 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
Variability has continuously attracted interest among some second language acquisition (SLA) researchers. Attempts have been made to explain interlanguage (IL) variability by appealing to a number of different constructs, including attention to form, planning time, linguistic context etc. A more recent attempt seeks to explain variability through the construct of discourse domain. This paper seeks to demonstrate that, although the attempt to explain variability by situating it within a discourse context is most welcome, it is not likely to be very successful since the concept is not theoretically rigorously defined. Because this definition is loose, it is difficult to distinguish the concept from more widely used concepts in language studies such as topic, genre etc. Therefore, Occam's Razor should be applied and the concept abandoned. Furthermore, evidence in support of the role of discourse domain in language variability is open to question because of a mismatch between the way the concept is defined and the methodology used in the research
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| Highly cited | No |