Dana Gablasová|Václav B?ezina|Tony McEnery|Elaine M. Boyd
Epistemic Stance in Spoken L2 English: The Effect of Task and Speaker Style
Trinity College London|Lancaster University|Trinity College London|Lancaster University|Trinity College London|Lancaster University|Trinity College London|Lancaster University
article discusses epistemic stance spoken l2 production using subset trinity lancaster corpus spoken l2 production analysed speech 132 advanced l2 speakers different l1 cultural backgrounds taking part four speaking tasks one largely monologic presentation task three interactive tasks study focused three types epistemic forms adverbial adjectival verbal expressions results showed systematic variation l2 speakers stancetaking choices across four tasks largest difference found monologic dialogic tasks differences also found distribution epistemic markers three interactive tasks variation explained terms interactional demands individual tasks study also found evidence considerable interspeaker variation indicating existence individual speaker style use epistemic markers focusing social use language article seeks contribute understanding communicative competence advanced l2 speakers research relevance teachers material developers well language testers interested second language pragmatic ability