@inbook{fa833eeffa9e402a98a78ddd63b0e32d,
title = "A corpus-based study of vague language use by learners of Spanish in a study abroad context",
abstract = "This chapter seeks to demonstrate some of the potential contributions of a corpus-based approach to study abroad research. Drawing on the Spanish Learner Language Oral Corpora, the present analysis examines a set of vague expressions known as general extenders (GEs) (Overstreet 1999) utilized by undergraduate English L1 learners after a year abroad. Specifically, the analysis focuses on patterns emergent from the concordancing analysis of learner language production alongside four exploratory case studies of learners{\textquoteright} motives and dispositions towards their study abroad experience. The discussion draws parallels between the corpus-derived types, frequencies and pragmatic functions of GEs, and individual learner access to everyday language use in various study abroad situations.",
author = "Julieta Fernandez",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2013 John Benjamins Publishing Company. All rights reserved.",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1075/lllt.37.12fer",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Language Learning and Language Teaching",
publisher = "John Benjamins Publishing Company",
pages = "299--331",
editor = "Celeste Kinginger",
booktitle = "Social and Cultural Aspects of Language Learning in Study Abroad",
address = "Netherlands",
}