Variations in the use of discourse markers by L1 and L2 English users

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ID21240645
AuthorsRemart Dumlao (0000-0002-5518-3663, Muban Chombueng Rajabhat University), Jeffrey Dawala Wilang (0000-0001-6322-8799, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi)
Year2019
Volume9
Issue1
Publication date2019-05-31
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIndonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2301-9468 • E-ISSN: 2502-6747
PublisherUniversitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.17509/ijal.v9i1.15206
OpenAlexW2948148700
LanguageEN
Citations received3

This study adopts a functional approach to investigate specific discourse markers employed by L1 English and L2 English users in non-native English speaking contexts. Twenty-four academic essays were voluntarily submitted by the students for analysis. Primarily, Fraser’s (2009) taxonomy was used to identify discourse markers and to know its use in writing academic essays. Findings indicate that there were notable differences between L1 and L2 users in using discourse markers, specifically in its frequency and functions. Accordingly, L1 English users’ writings frequently displayed elaborative markers followed by temporal, inferential, and cons transitive discourses. Meanwhile, L2 English users’ writings showed the overuse of certain discourse types such as temporal and inferential markers. In the coding of data, it was also revealed the L2 users’ overused of discourse markers resulted in incoherent texts. Language teachers may need to raise awareness of how discourse markers can be used variably in writing academic essays

Discourse analysis · Discourse marker · English language · Linguistics · Sociology · Transitive relation · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology

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