Speaking style and oral text construction in second language French

Mireille Bilger (1) , Henry Tyne (2, 3)

1 UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia
2 CRAPEL - Centre de Recherches et d'Applications Pédagogiques en Langues
3 ATILF - Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française

We propose to look here at oral text construction by second language learners of French. In this exploratory paper, which seeks to apply some of the descriptive tools developed by the Aix group of linguists, GARS for the analysis of first language spoken French, we will essentially be focusing on two aspects : first, the use of the two axes of text construction; second, the make-up of the syntactic units produced by the speakers. The aim of this paper is to explore the types of elements that can be linked to the difference in level of acquisition and to compare findings with those of native speakers of French. We link the overt construction techniques displayed in spontaneous speech to the notion of fluency.

Mots clés: Acquisition; syntax; fluency; L2; spoken language

Domaines: Linguistique

Mireille Bilger, Henry Tyne. Speaking style and oral text construction in second language French. M. Abecassis, L. Ayosso & E. Vialleton. Le français parlé au 21e siècle: normes et variations dans les discours et en interaction (tome 2), L'Harmattan, pp.173-189, 2007, Collection Espaces Discursifs. ⟨hal-00520956v2⟩