While study abroad (SA) research has predominantly focused on university students, a key
question to be explored in the literature concerns the role of learner status while abroad …

This conversation analytic study describes some specific interactional contexts in which
native English-speaking teachers produce 'oh'in known-answer question sequences in …

This study focuses on the relationships between host family success, social integration,
length of stay and acquisition of adolescent language by students on extended international …

While second language (L2) pragmatics research has predominantly investigated speech
acts, little attention has been given to pragmatic markers (PMs). Research demonstrates that …

Epistemic stance markers, such as je pense in French, take on a variety of discursive
functions, ranging from asserting an opinion, indicating the source of information, and …

Research on second language acquisition (SLA) and development has long fallen into one
of two paradigms: research adopting a cognitivist approach and interested in …

A l'heure où j'écris ces lignes, les sollicitations incessantes de la boîte mail se sont enfin
tues. Le campus de Montpellier est fermé pour la pause estivale, et les cigales chantent à …

This thesis examines the discourse of a unique third-level academic institution in order to
identify the variety of linguistic features, which align it, first of all, to the higher education …