RT Journal Article
T1 Pointing backward and forward Be’-prefaced responsive turns in Italian L1 and L2
A1 Bardel, Camilla
A1 Pauletto, Franco
AB In this study, we analyze the kind of actions L1 and L2 speakers of Italian perform by prefacing their responsive turns with the discourse marker be’. As a baseline, the article begins with an analysis of how native speakers of Italian use be’. We then carry out quantitative and qualitative analyses of the use of be’ in a number of L2 learners at different proficiency levels from three data sets of differ ent types of interactions between students and native speakers of Italian. In the qualitative analysis, we adopt a conversation analytic perspective. The results sug gest that both native speakers and L2 speakers, from intermediate to advanced level, perform a variety of social actions by be’-prefacing their responsive turns.
PB John Benjamins
SN 1879–7865
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/97183
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/97183
LA eng
NO Pauletto, Franco, y Camilla Bardel. «Pointing Backward and Forward: Be’-Prefaced Responsive Turns in Italian L1 and L2». Language, Interaction and Acquisition, vol. 7, n.o 1, enero de 2016, pp. 89-116. https://doi.org/10.1075/lia.7.1.04pau.
DS Docta Complutense
RD 14 dic 2025