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Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen – Pragmatics and Language Learning, 1992
A study investigated the use of verb tense by learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) from the perspective of narrative structure. Subjects were 16 adult intermediate-level ESL learners of varied linguistic backgrounds and 24 native speakers of English. All attended an oral telling of a Hawaiian trickster tale, with a brief introduction,…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Patterns, Language Research