The use of it-clefts in the written production of Spanish advanced learners of English
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Susana Doval Suárez [1] ; Elsa González Álvarez [1]
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[1] Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, España
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- Localización: Contrastive Discourse Analysis: functional and corpus perspectives / coord. por Maite Taboada, Susana María Doval Suárez, Elsa González Alvarez, 2013, ISBN 9781908049759, págs. 143-163
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
The present chapter explores the use of it-cleft constructions, a type of focusing device that has been claimed to be over-represented in the written production of advanced learners with different L1 backgrounds. Its objective is threefold: first, it investigates how Spanish advanced EFL learners compare with NSs from the point of view of their use of it-clefts, second, it addresses the issue of how NNSs and NSs compare regarding their use of the different discourse functions of it-clefts, and finally, the chapter investigates whether the differences between the two groups may be attributed to influence of the L1.
