Formulaic sequences in spoken ENL, ESL and EFL: focus on British English, Indian English and learner English of advanced German learners

Sandra Götz, Marco Schilk

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    Abstract

    In this pilot study we set out to compare formulaic sequences of the type of 3-grams in ENL (spoken British English), EFL (English spoken by advanced German learners of English) and ESL (spoken Indian English). The study shows that, for the overall number of types and tokens, there are no significant differences between ENL and ESL, but there are significantly fewer 3-grams in EFL vs. ENL. A comparison of the common core (i.e. the 3-grams all three variants have in common) reveals that these common-core 3-grams are significantly more frequently used in ESL and EFL-variants compared to ENL. A functional analysis shows differences in the distribution of the 3-grams across the variants. A study of the variant-specific 3-grams reveals less variability in EFL vs. ENL but a higher number and variability of both types and tokens in ESL.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationExploring second-language varieties of English and learner Englishes
    Subtitle of host publicationbridging a paradigm gap
    EditorsJoybrato Mukherjee, Marianne Hundt
    Place of PublicationAmsterdam ; Philadelphia
    PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
    Pages79-100
    Number of pages22
    ISBN (Print)9789027223203
    Publication statusPublished - 2011

    Publication series

    NameStudies in corpus linguistics
    PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
    Volume44

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