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Interlanguage Variability in Narrative Discourse: Style Shifting in the Use of the Past Tense.
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Ellis, Rod – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1987
Examines style shifting in the use of three past tense morphemes by 17 intermediate learners of English as a second language. Style shifting is explored within a single discourse mode--narrative--according to the amount of time made available. Data were collected under three conditions: (1) planned writing; (2) planned speech; and (3) unplanned…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)