English as a Lingua Franca: A corpus based Analysis

Fidel CAKMAK

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English as a Lingua Franca: A corpus based Analysis

Authors:

Fidel CAKMAK

Publisher:

Dicle University

Journal:

Dicle Üniversitesi Ziya Gökalp Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 2014 Issue 22, pp.340-345

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2014

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000680389

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

pISSN:

1305-0060

Abstract:

 

issue listing his personal accounts of confusion, and states the reasons why  even expert L2 users find idioms to be problematic. The category of idiom  types fall into four groups: formulae such as pragmatic phrases (you know,  sort of), collocations, (river + rise, make + application), phrases verbs (make  up for, lose track of), and cultural idioms (see you later, alligator, as cool as  cucumber). The representations of idiomatic categorization start with the  minimal units, then move to two-word markers such as you know and I mean,  as they are frequently used and have become standardized forms. Finally they  end with the long word units such as proverbs or other colorful catchphrases,  which are less frequent than minimal units and strongly related with the socio- cultural context of speech communities. The author focuses our attention on  creative idioms which is regarded as the ultimate expression of near-native  speaker fluency (p. 52). Then he states that as the idiomatic competence is  complex and paradoxical, L2 users, even the successful ones, could have a  difficulty in understanding some idiomatic expressions due to the cognitive,  discoursal, pragmatic, phonological, and socio-cultural factors. These factors  could explain the reasons; why, there are few analyses of non-native use of  idiomatic expressions to address the acquisition of idioms and spontaneous  performance of formulaic language use.

Article Details

English as a Lingua Franca: A corpus based Analysis

Authors: Fidel CAKMAK

Publisher: Dicle University

Journal: Dicle Üniversitesi Ziya Gökalp Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 2014 Issue 22, pp.340-345

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 5/2014

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000680389

Frequency: Bi-Annual

pISSN: 1305-0060

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Authors:

Fidel CAKMAK

Publisher:

Dicle University

Journal:

Dicle Üniversitesi Ziya Gökalp Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 2014 Issue 22, pp.340-345

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2014

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000680389

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

pISSN:

1305-0060