IDENTITY MISMATCHES IN SPEAKING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: A STUDY OF LINGUISTIC MARKERS OF INDETERMINACY IN FL DISCOURSE
<p>The article discusses indeterminacy in foreign language discourse (VEREZA, 2002) – a mismatch between what speakers wish to say and what they manage to say. This study seeks to identify the markers of this indeterminacy in the discourse productions of Brazilian Letters undergraduates in Eng...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Federal Fluminense
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Cadernos de Letras da UFF |
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| Online Access: | http://www.cadernosdeletras.uff.br/index.php/cadernosdeletras/article/view/222 |
| Summary: | <p>The article discusses indeterminacy in foreign language discourse (VEREZA, 2002) – a mismatch between what speakers wish to say and what they manage to say. This study seeks to identify the markers of this indeterminacy in the discourse productions of Brazilian Letters undergraduates in English and Portuguese, which is approached from the perspective of Appraisal in texts (MARTIN & WHITE, 2005).</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1413-053X 2447-4207 |